City comparison
Buckeye, AZ is about 900 miles (1,400 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 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 Buckeye, AZ to San Antonio, TX takes about 1 h 45 min, covering roughly 900 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 San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Buckeye, it's 1 p.m. in San Antonio, 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.
San Antonio has a population of 1,445,662, vs 95,042 in Buckeye — about 15.2× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 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 | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,597/mo | $1,189/mo | 34.3% higher in Buckeye |
| Median home value | $341,700 | $198,000 | 72.6% higher in Buckeye |
| Median household income | $94,188 | $59,593 | 58.1% higher in Buckeye |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 94.2 | 1.7% higher in Buckeye |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 83.3 | 15.5% higher in Buckeye |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 96.6 | 7.7% higher in Buckeye |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 96.1 | 8.2% 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 $85,973 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 14% cheaper overall than Buckeye, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 29% higher in Buckeye than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Buckeye, you'd need about $68,778 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.