City comparison
Beaverton, OR is about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from Dallas, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,000 miles, or about 34 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 Beaverton, OR to Dallas, TX takes about 3 h 16 min, covering roughly 1,600 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.
Beaverton, OR is on Pacific Time and Dallas, TX is on Central Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Beaverton, it's 2 p.m. in Dallas, which puts Beaverton 2 hours behind.
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.
Dallas has a population of 1,300,642, vs 97,554 in Beaverton — about 13.3× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 20 sq mi for Beaverton.
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 | Beaverton | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,663/mo | $1,305/mo | 27.4% higher in Beaverton |
| Median home value | $494,700 | $270,700 | 82.7% higher in Beaverton |
| Median household income | $88,899 | $63,985 | 38.9% higher in Beaverton |
| Groceries index | 105.1 | 101.7 | 3.3% higher in Beaverton |
| Utilities index | 108.6 | 89.3 | 21.7% higher in Beaverton |
| Transportation index | 100.5 | 98.5 | 2.0% higher in Beaverton |
| Healthcare index | 100.5 | 99.7 | 0.8% higher in Beaverton |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Beaverton, you'd need $94,061 in Dallas to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 5.9% cheaper overall than Beaverton, OR, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Beaverton than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Beaverton, you'd need about $75,249 in Dallas to keep the same standard of living.