City comparison
Cedar Hill, 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 Cedar Hill, 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.
Cedar Hill, TX is on Central Time and El Paso, TX is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Cedar Hill, it's 11 a.m. in El Paso, which puts Cedar Hill 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 48,733 in Cedar Hill — about 13.9× larger by population. By land area, El Paso covers about 260 sq mi vs 36 sq mi for Cedar Hill.
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 | Cedar Hill | El Paso | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,676/mo | $976/mo | 71.7% higher in Cedar Hill |
| Median home value | $246,300 | $159,300 | 54.6% higher in Cedar Hill |
| Median household income | $84,132 | $55,710 | 51.0% higher in Cedar Hill |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 94.2 | 8.8% higher in Cedar Hill |
| Utilities index | 91.1 | 83.7 | 8.8% higher in Cedar Hill |
| Transportation index | 99.8 | 96.6 | 3.2% higher in Cedar Hill |
| Healthcare index | 99.2 | 96.1 | 3.2% higher in Cedar Hill |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Cedar Hill, you'd need $78,537 in El Paso to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
El Paso, TX is about 21.5% cheaper overall than Cedar Hill, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 66% higher in Cedar Hill than in El Paso. If you earn $80,000 in Cedar Hill, you'd need about $62,830 in El Paso to keep the same standard of living.