City comparison
Brooklyn Park, MN is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Philadelphia, PA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 21 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 Brooklyn Park, MN to Philadelphia, PA takes about 1 h 59 min, covering roughly 1,000 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.
Brooklyn Park, MN is on Central Time and Philadelphia, PA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Brooklyn Park, it's 1 p.m. in Philadelphia, which puts Brooklyn Park 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.
Philadelphia has a population of 1,593,208, vs 84,951 in Brooklyn Park — about 18.8× larger by population. By land area, Philadelphia covers about 135 sq mi vs 26 sq mi for Brooklyn Park.
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 | Brooklyn Park | Philadelphia | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,244/mo | $1,250/mo | 0.5% higher in Philadelphia |
| Median home value | $289,400 | $215,500 | 34.3% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Median household income | $82,271 | $57,537 | 43.0% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 97.0 | 5.6% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Utilities index | 93.3 | 112.3 | 20.4% higher in Philadelphia |
| Transportation index | 103.7 | 101.7 | 2.0% higher in Brooklyn Park |
| Healthcare index | 103.9 | 102.7 | 1.2% higher in Brooklyn Park |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Brooklyn Park, you'd need $100,701 in Philadelphia to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Brooklyn Park, MN is about 0.7% cheaper overall than Philadelphia, PA, based on our cost-of-living index. If you earn $80,000 in Brooklyn Park, you'd need about $80,561 in Philadelphia to keep the same standard of living.