City comparison
Boulder, CO is about 1,800 miles (2,800 km) from Haverhill, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,200 miles, or about 37 hours (about 4 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 Boulder, CO to Haverhill, MA takes about 3 h 32 min, covering roughly 1,800 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.
Boulder, CO is on Mountain Time and Haverhill, MA is on Eastern Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Boulder, it's 2 p.m. in Haverhill, which puts Boulder 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.
Boulder has a population of 106,598, vs 67,273 in Haverhill — about 1.6× larger by population. By land area, Haverhill covers about 33 sq mi vs 27 sq mi for Boulder.
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 | Boulder | Haverhill | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,853/mo | $1,462/mo | 26.7% higher in Boulder |
| Median home value | $919,700 | $400,900 | 129.4% higher in Boulder |
| Median household income | $80,243 | $81,989 | 2.2% higher in Haverhill |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 99.4 | 2.7% higher in Haverhill |
| Utilities index | 86.5 | 141.1 | 63.1% higher in Haverhill |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 102.9 | 2.7% higher in Haverhill |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 103.7 | 3.5% higher in Haverhill |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Boulder, you'd need $100,434 in Haverhill to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Boulder, CO is about 0.4% cheaper overall than Haverhill, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 10% higher in Boulder than in Haverhill. If you earn $80,000 in Boulder, you'd need about $80,347 in Haverhill to keep the same standard of living.