City comparison
Barnstable Town, MA is about 2,600 miles (4,200 km) from Los Angeles, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 3,300 miles, or about 55 hours (about 6 days at 10 h/day) behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Barnstable Town, MA to Los Angeles, CA takes about 5 h 17 min, covering roughly 2,600 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Barnstable Town, MA is on Eastern Time and Los Angeles, CA is on Pacific Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Barnstable Town, it's 9 a.m. in Los Angeles, which puts Barnstable Town 3 hours ahead.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Los Angeles has a population of 3,881,041, vs 48,922 in Barnstable Town — about 79.3× larger by population. By land area, Los Angeles covers about 470 sq mi vs 60 sq mi for Barnstable Town.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Barnstable Town | Los Angeles | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,711/mo | $1,791/mo | 4.7% higher in Los Angeles |
| Median home value | $498,700 | $822,600 | 64.9% higher in Los Angeles |
| Median household income | $94,387 | $76,244 | 23.8% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Groceries index | 97.4 | 106.4 | 9.3% higher in Los Angeles |
| Utilities index | 153.1 | 151.7 | 0.9% higher in Barnstable Town |
| Transportation index | 100.7 | 104.0 | 3.3% higher in Los Angeles |
| Healthcare index | 101.5 | 104.3 | 2.8% higher in Los Angeles |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Barnstable Town, you'd need $132,880 in Los Angeles to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Barnstable Town, MA is about 24.7% cheaper overall than Los Angeles, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 78% higher in Los Angeles than in Barnstable Town. If you earn $80,000 in Barnstable Town, you'd need about $106,304 in Los Angeles to keep the same standard of living.