City comparison
Cedar Park, TX is about 500 miles (850 km) from El Paso, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 650 miles, or about 11 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 Park, TX to El Paso, TX takes about 1 h 2 min, covering roughly 500 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 Park, TX is on Central Time and El Paso, TX is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Cedar Park, it's 11 a.m. in El Paso, which puts Cedar Park 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 76,344 in Cedar Park — about 8.9× larger by population. By land area, El Paso covers about 260 sq mi vs 26 sq mi for Cedar Park.
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 Park | El Paso | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,677/mo | $976/mo | 71.8% higher in Cedar Park |
| Median home value | $427,800 | $159,300 | 168.5% higher in Cedar Park |
| Median household income | $118,903 | $55,710 | 113.4% higher in Cedar Park |
| Groceries index | 94.2 | 94.2 | ≈ equal |
| Utilities index | 83.2 | 83.7 | ≈ equal (El Paso slightly higher) |
| Transportation index | 96.6 | 96.6 | ≈ equal |
| Healthcare index | 96.1 | 96.1 | ≈ equal |
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 Park, you'd need $80,116 in El Paso to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
El Paso, TX is about 19.9% cheaper overall than Cedar Park, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 69% higher in Cedar Park than in El Paso. If you earn $80,000 in Cedar Park, you'd need about $64,093 in El Paso to keep the same standard of living.