City comparison
Brookhaven, GA is about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,000 miles, or about 33 hours (about 3 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 Phoenix, AZ takes about 3 h 11 min, covering roughly 1,600 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 Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Brookhaven, it's 11 a.m. in Phoenix, which puts Brookhaven 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 56,848 in Brookhaven — about 28.3× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 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 | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,711/mo | $1,322/mo | 29.4% higher in Brookhaven |
| Median home value | $626,800 | $340,200 | 84.2% higher in Brookhaven |
| Median household income | $114,570 | $72,092 | 58.9% higher in Brookhaven |
| Groceries index | 100.3 | 95.8 | 4.6% higher in Brookhaven |
| Utilities index | 96.1 | 96.2 | ≈ equal (Phoenix slightly higher) |
| Transportation index | 97.0 | 104.1 | 7.2% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 96.5 | 104.0 | 7.8% higher in Phoenix |
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 $104,153 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Brookhaven, GA is about 4% cheaper overall than Phoenix, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Phoenix than in Brookhaven. If you earn $80,000 in Brookhaven, you'd need about $83,322 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.