City comparison
Brookhaven, GA is about 1,800 miles (2,900 km) from Pahrump, NV 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 Brookhaven, GA to Pahrump, NV takes about 3 h 35 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.
Brookhaven, GA is on Central Time and Pahrump, NV is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Brookhaven, it's 10 a.m. in Pahrump, which puts Brookhaven 2 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.
Brookhaven has a population of 56,848, vs 44,711 in Pahrump — about 1.3× larger by population. By land area, Pahrump covers about 330 sq mi vs 12 sq mi for Brookhaven.
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 | Brookhaven | Pahrump | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,711/mo | $1,115/mo | 53.5% higher in Brookhaven |
| Median home value | $626,800 | $251,100 | 149.6% higher in Brookhaven |
| Median household income | $114,570 | $54,988 | 108.4% higher in Brookhaven |
| Groceries index | 100.3 | 97.0 | 3.4% higher in Brookhaven |
| Utilities index | 96.1 | 93.8 | 2.5% higher in Brookhaven |
| Transportation index | 97.0 | 99.3 | 2.3% higher in Pahrump |
| Healthcare index | 96.5 | 99.2 | 2.8% higher in Pahrump |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Brookhaven, you'd need $99,952 in Pahrump to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Brookhaven and Pahrump have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Brookhaven, you'd need about $79,962 in Pahrump to keep the same standard of living.