City comparison
Carrollton, TX is about 550 miles (900 km) from El Paso, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 700 miles, or about 12 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 Carrollton, TX to El Paso, TX takes about 1 h 7 min, covering roughly 550 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.
Carrollton, TX is on Central Time and El Paso, TX is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Carrollton, it's 11 a.m. in El Paso, which puts Carrollton 1 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.
El Paso has a population of 677,181, vs 132,284 in Carrollton — about 5.1× larger by population. By land area, El Paso covers about 260 sq mi vs 37 sq mi for Carrollton.
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 | Carrollton | El Paso | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,555/mo | $976/mo | 59.3% higher in Carrollton |
| Median home value | $327,300 | $159,300 | 105.5% higher in Carrollton |
| Median household income | $95,380 | $55,710 | 71.2% higher in Carrollton |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 94.2 | 8.8% higher in Carrollton |
| Utilities index | 91.1 | 83.7 | 8.8% higher in Carrollton |
| Transportation index | 99.8 | 96.6 | 3.2% higher in Carrollton |
| Healthcare index | 99.2 | 96.1 | 3.2% higher in Carrollton |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Carrollton, you'd need $78,801 in El Paso to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
El Paso, TX is about 21.2% cheaper overall than Carrollton, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 65% higher in Carrollton than in El Paso. If you earn $80,000 in Carrollton, you'd need about $63,040 in El Paso to keep the same standard of living.