City comparison
Broomfield, CO is about 700 miles (1,100 km) from Dallas, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 850 miles, or about 14 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 Broomfield, CO to Dallas, TX takes about 1 h 21 min, covering roughly 700 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.
Broomfield, CO is on Mountain Time and Dallas, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Broomfield, it's 1 p.m. in Dallas, which puts Broomfield 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.
Dallas has a population of 1,300,642, vs 73,946 in Broomfield — about 17.6× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Broomfield.
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 | Broomfield | Dallas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,923/mo | $1,305/mo | 47.4% higher in Broomfield |
| Median home value | $581,600 | $270,700 | 114.9% higher in Broomfield |
| Median household income | $117,541 | $63,985 | 83.7% higher in Broomfield |
| Groceries index | 100.2 | 101.7 | 1.5% higher in Dallas |
| Utilities index | 90.1 | 89.3 | 1.0% higher in Broomfield |
| Transportation index | 100.0 | 98.5 | 1.5% higher in Broomfield |
| Healthcare index | 100.0 | 99.7 | ≈ equal (Broomfield slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Broomfield, you'd need $88,249 in Dallas to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 11.8% cheaper overall than Broomfield, CO, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 28% higher in Broomfield than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Broomfield, you'd need about $70,599 in Dallas to keep the same standard of living.