City comparison
Buckeye, AZ is about 2,300 miles (3,700 km) from Worcester, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,900 miles, or about 48 hours (about 5 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 Worcester, MA takes about 4 h 34 min, covering roughly 2,300 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 Worcester, MA is on Eastern Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Buckeye, it's 2 p.m. in Worcester, which puts Buckeye 2 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.
Worcester has a population of 204,191, vs 95,042 in Buckeye — about 2.1× larger by population. By land area, Buckeye covers about 395 sq mi vs 37 sq mi for Worcester.
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 | Worcester | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,597/mo | $1,312/mo | 21.7% higher in Buckeye |
| Median home value | $341,700 | $305,600 | 11.8% higher in Buckeye |
| Median household income | $94,188 | $63,011 | 49.5% higher in Buckeye |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 97.4 | 1.6% higher in Worcester |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 150.2 | 56.1% higher in Worcester |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 100.7 | 3.3% higher in Buckeye |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 101.5 | 2.5% 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 $100,073 in Worcester to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Buckeye and Worcester have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Buckeye than in Worcester. If you earn $80,000 in Buckeye, you'd need about $80,058 in Worcester to keep the same standard of living.