City comparison
Buckeye, AZ is about 1,000 miles (1,700 km) from Houston, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,300 miles, or about 22 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 Buckeye, AZ to Houston, TX takes about 2 h 5 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.
Buckeye, AZ is on Mountain Time and Houston, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Buckeye, it's 1 p.m. in Houston, which puts Buckeye 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.
Houston has a population of 2,296,253, vs 95,042 in Buckeye — about 24.2× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 395 sq mi for Buckeye.
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 | Buckeye | Houston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,597/mo | $1,235/mo | 29.3% higher in Buckeye |
| Median home value | $341,700 | $235,000 | 45.4% higher in Buckeye |
| Median household income | $94,188 | $60,440 | 55.8% higher in Buckeye |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 100.4 | 4.7% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 96.3 | ≈ equal (Houston slightly higher) |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 95.8 | 8.7% higher in Buckeye |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 95.2 | 9.3% higher in Buckeye |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Buckeye, you'd need $91,337 in Houston to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 8.7% cheaper overall than Buckeye, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 17% higher in Buckeye than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Buckeye, you'd need about $73,070 in Houston to keep the same standard of living.