City comparison
Chattanooga, TN is about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from Pueblo, CO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 23 hours (about 2 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 Chattanooga, TN to Pueblo, CO takes about 2 h 11 min, covering roughly 1,100 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.
Chattanooga, TN is on Central Time and Pueblo, CO is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Chattanooga, it's 11 a.m. in Pueblo, which puts Chattanooga 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.
Chattanooga has a population of 181,288, vs 111,430 in Pueblo — about 1.6× larger by population. By land area, Chattanooga covers about 140 sq mi vs 57 sq mi for Pueblo.
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 | Chattanooga | Pueblo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,066/mo | $940/mo | 13.4% higher in Chattanooga |
| Median home value | $230,500 | $197,700 | 16.6% higher in Chattanooga |
| Median household income | $57,703 | $52,794 | 9.3% higher in Chattanooga |
| Groceries index | 96.2 | 96.8 | 0.6% higher in Pueblo |
| Utilities index | 76.1 | 85.8 | 12.8% higher in Pueblo |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 100.3 | 4.7% higher in Pueblo |
| Healthcare index | 95.3 | 100.2 | 5.2% higher in Pueblo |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Chattanooga, you'd need $100,046 in Pueblo to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Chattanooga and Pueblo have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Chattanooga than in Pueblo. If you earn $80,000 in Chattanooga, you'd need about $80,037 in Pueblo to keep the same standard of living.