City comparison
Boynton Beach, FL is about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from Dallas, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 23 hours (about 2 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 Boynton Beach, FL to Dallas, TX takes about 2 h 11 min, covering roughly 1,100 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.
Boynton Beach, FL is on Eastern Time and Dallas, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Boynton Beach, it's 11 a.m. in Dallas, which puts Boynton Beach 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.
Dallas has a population of 1,300,642, vs 80,068 in Boynton Beach — about 16.2× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 16 sq mi for Boynton Beach.
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 | Boynton Beach | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,789/mo | $1,305/mo | 37.1% higher in Boynton Beach |
| Median home value | $285,500 | $270,700 | 5.5% higher in Boynton Beach |
| Median household income | $68,875 | $63,985 | 7.6% higher in Boynton Beach |
| Groceries index | 103.1 | 101.7 | 1.4% higher in Boynton Beach |
| Utilities index | 97.0 | 89.3 | 8.7% higher in Boynton Beach |
| Transportation index | 108.3 | 98.5 | 10.0% higher in Boynton Beach |
| Healthcare index | 107.8 | 99.7 | 8.2% higher in Boynton Beach |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Boynton Beach, you'd need $84,216 in Dallas to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 15.8% cheaper overall than Boynton Beach, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 32% higher in Boynton Beach than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Boynton Beach, you'd need about $67,372 in Dallas to keep the same standard of living.