City comparison
Burlington, NC is about 1,200 miles (2,000 km) from San Angelo, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,600 miles, or about 26 hours (about 3 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 Burlington, NC to San Angelo, TX takes about 2 h 29 min, covering roughly 1,200 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.
Burlington, NC is on Eastern Time and San Angelo, TX is on Mountain Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Burlington, it's 10 a.m. in San Angelo, which puts Burlington 2 hours ahead.
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 Angelo has a population of 99,422, vs 56,951 in Burlington — about 1.7× larger by population. By land area, San Angelo covers about 60 sq mi vs 31 sq mi for Burlington.
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 | Burlington | San Angelo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $947/mo | $1,037/mo | 9.5% higher in San Angelo |
| Median home value | $167,000 | $171,700 | 2.8% higher in San Angelo |
| Median household income | $52,963 | $65,040 | 22.8% higher in San Angelo |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 94.2 | 2.8% higher in Burlington |
| Utilities index | 89.7 | 82.8 | 8.4% higher in Burlington |
| Transportation index | 98.4 | 96.6 | 1.8% higher in Burlington |
| Healthcare index | 97.9 | 96.1 | 1.8% higher in Burlington |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Burlington, you'd need $100,011 in San Angelo to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Burlington and San Angelo have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in San Angelo than in Burlington. If you earn $80,000 in Burlington, you'd need about $80,009 in San Angelo to keep the same standard of living.