City comparison
Bellevue, NE is about 750 miles (1,200 km) from Lakewood, OH in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 900 miles, or about 15 hours 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 Bellevue, NE to Lakewood, OH takes about 1 h 28 min, covering roughly 750 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.
Bellevue, NE is on Central Time and Lakewood, OH is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Bellevue, it's 1 p.m. in Lakewood, which puts Bellevue 1 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.
Bellevue has a population of 63,336, vs 50,605 in Lakewood — about 1.3× larger by population. By land area, Bellevue covers about 23 sq mi vs 5.5 sq mi for Lakewood.
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 | Bellevue | Lakewood | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,141/mo | $941/mo | 21.3% higher in Bellevue |
| Median home value | $211,500 | $221,100 | 4.5% higher in Lakewood |
| Median household income | $79,839 | $63,299 | 26.1% higher in Bellevue |
| Groceries index | 94.3 | 93.9 | ≈ equal (Bellevue slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 77.8 | 95.6 | 22.9% higher in Lakewood |
| Transportation index | 93.3 | 98.8 | 5.8% higher in Lakewood |
| Healthcare index | 93.5 | 99.0 | 5.8% higher in Lakewood |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Bellevue, you'd need $99,978 in Lakewood to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Bellevue and Lakewood have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 10% higher in Bellevue than in Lakewood. If you earn $80,000 in Bellevue, you'd need about $79,982 in Lakewood to keep the same standard of living.