City comparison
Burien, WA is about 2,400 miles (3,900 km) from New York, NY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 3,000 miles, or about 50 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 Burien, WA to New York, NY takes about 4 h 49 min, covering roughly 2,400 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.
Burien, WA is on Pacific Time and New York, NY is on Eastern Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Burien, it's 3 p.m. in New York, which puts Burien 3 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.
New York has a population of 8,622,467, vs 51,505 in Burien — about 167.4× larger by population. By land area, New York covers about 300 sq mi vs 10 sq mi for Burien.
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 | Burien | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,649/mo | $1,714/mo | 3.9% higher in New York |
| Median home value | $566,500 | $732,100 | 29.2% higher in New York |
| Median household income | $84,583 | $76,607 | 10.4% higher in Burien |
| Groceries index | 104.0 | 109.6 | 5.4% higher in New York |
| Utilities index | 95.7 | 128.8 | 34.6% higher in New York |
| Transportation index | 106.6 | 105.4 | 1.2% higher in Burien |
| Healthcare index | 106.6 | 105.3 | 1.2% higher in Burien |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Burien, you'd need $102,165 in New York to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Burien, WA is about 2.1% cheaper overall than New York, NY, based on our cost-of-living index. If you earn $80,000 in Burien, you'd need about $81,732 in New York to keep the same standard of living.