City comparison
Carrollton, TX is about 700 miles (1,100 km) from Fort Collins, CO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 850 miles, or about 14 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 Fort Collins, CO takes about 1 h 23 min, covering roughly 700 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 Fort Collins, CO is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Carrollton, it's 11 a.m. in Fort Collins, 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.
Fort Collins has a population of 168,758, vs 132,284 in Carrollton — about 1.3× larger by population. By land area, Fort Collins covers about 57 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 | Fort Collins | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,555/mo | $1,576/mo | 1.4% higher in Fort Collins |
| Median home value | $327,300 | $497,400 | 52.0% higher in Fort Collins |
| Median household income | $95,380 | $78,977 | 20.8% higher in Carrollton |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 96.8 | 5.9% higher in Carrollton |
| Utilities index | 91.1 | 86.0 | 5.9% higher in Carrollton |
| Transportation index | 99.8 | 100.3 | 0.5% higher in Fort Collins |
| Healthcare index | 99.2 | 100.2 | 1.0% higher in Fort Collins |
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 $99,916 in Fort Collins to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Carrollton and Fort Collins have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 2% higher in Fort Collins than in Carrollton. If you earn $80,000 in Carrollton, you'd need about $79,933 in Fort Collins to keep the same standard of living.