City comparison
Beavercreek, OH is about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from Billings, MT in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,600 miles, or about 27 hours (about 3 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 Beavercreek, OH to Billings, MT takes about 2 h 37 min, covering roughly 1,300 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.
Beavercreek, OH is on Central Time and Billings, MT is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Beavercreek, it's 11 a.m. in Billings, which puts Beavercreek 1 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.
Billings has a population of 117,093, vs 46,576 in Beavercreek — about 2.5× larger by population. By land area, Billings covers about 46 sq mi vs 27 sq mi for Beavercreek.
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 | Beavercreek | Billings | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,304/mo | $1,064/mo | 22.6% higher in Beavercreek |
| Median home value | $245,300 | $285,300 | 16.3% higher in Billings |
| Median household income | $108,140 | $69,692 | 55.2% higher in Beavercreek |
| Groceries index | 93.9 | 96.7 | 3.0% higher in Billings |
| Utilities index | 95.1 | 77.2 | 23.2% higher in Beavercreek |
| Transportation index | 98.8 | 99.3 | 0.5% higher in Billings |
| Healthcare index | 99.0 | 99.2 | ≈ equal (Billings slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Beavercreek, you'd need $100,080 in Billings to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Beavercreek and Billings have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in Billings than in Beavercreek. If you earn $80,000 in Beavercreek, you'd need about $80,064 in Billings to keep the same standard of living.