City comparison
Brookhaven, GA is about 500 miles (800 km) from Port Charlotte, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 600 miles, or about 10 hours 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 Port Charlotte, FL takes about 59 min, covering roughly 500 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 Port Charlotte, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Brookhaven, it's 1 p.m. in Port Charlotte, which puts Brookhaven 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.
Port Charlotte has a population of 63,913, vs 56,848 in Brookhaven — about 1.1× larger by population. By land area, Port Charlotte covers about 28 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 | Port Charlotte | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,711/mo | $1,214/mo | 40.9% higher in Brookhaven |
| Median home value | $626,800 | $229,600 | 173.0% higher in Brookhaven |
| Median household income | $114,570 | $58,799 | 94.9% higher in Brookhaven |
| Groceries index | 100.3 | 96.5 | 3.9% higher in Brookhaven |
| Utilities index | 96.1 | 88.2 | 9.0% higher in Brookhaven |
| Transportation index | 97.0 | 99.0 | 2.0% higher in Port Charlotte |
| Healthcare index | 96.5 | 98.5 | 2.0% higher in Port Charlotte |
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 $99,971 in Port Charlotte to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Brookhaven and Port Charlotte have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Brookhaven, you'd need about $79,977 in Port Charlotte to keep the same standard of living.