City comparison
Brentwood, TN is about 475 miles (750 km) from Charlottesville, VA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 600 miles, or about 10 h 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 Brentwood, TN to Charlottesville, VA takes about 57 min, covering roughly 475 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.
Brentwood, TN is on Central Time and Charlottesville, VA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Brentwood, it's 1 p.m. in Charlottesville, which puts Brentwood 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.
Charlottesville has a population of 46,289, vs 44,830 in Brentwood — about the same size. By land area, Brentwood covers about 42 sq mi vs 10 sq mi for Charlottesville.
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 | Brentwood | Charlottesville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,459/mo | $1,357/mo | 81.2% higher in Brentwood |
| Median home value | $842,400 | $398,400 | 111.4% higher in Brentwood |
| Median household income | $181,576 | $67,177 | 170.3% higher in Brentwood |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 96.9 | ≈ equal (Charlottesville slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 74.0 | 89.5 | 20.9% higher in Charlottesville |
| Transportation index | 95.6 | 98.8 | 3.3% higher in Charlottesville |
| Healthcare index | 95.1 | 98.3 | 3.3% higher in Charlottesville |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Brentwood, you'd need $100,109 in Charlottesville to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Brentwood and Charlottesville have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in Brentwood than in Charlottesville. If you earn $80,000 in Brentwood, you'd need about $80,087 in Charlottesville to keep the same standard of living.