City comparison
Centreville, VA is about 2,000 miles (3,100 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,400 miles, or about 41 hours (about 4 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 Centreville, VA to Phoenix, AZ takes about 3 h 54 min, covering roughly 2,000 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.
Centreville, VA is on Eastern Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Centreville, it's 10 a.m. in Phoenix, which puts Centreville 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 72,680 in Centreville — about 22.1× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 12 sq mi for Centreville.
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 | Centreville | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,107/mo | $1,322/mo | 59.4% higher in Centreville |
| Median home value | $530,100 | $340,200 | 55.8% higher in Centreville |
| Median household income | $136,679 | $72,092 | 89.6% higher in Centreville |
| Groceries index | 104.3 | 95.8 | 8.8% higher in Centreville |
| Utilities index | 105.6 | 96.2 | 9.8% higher in Centreville |
| Transportation index | 102.2 | 104.1 | 1.9% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 101.6 | 104.0 | 2.4% higher in Phoenix |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Centreville, you'd need $87,531 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Phoenix, AZ is about 12.5% cheaper overall than Centreville, VA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 27% higher in Centreville than in Phoenix. If you earn $80,000 in Centreville, you'd need about $70,025 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.