City comparison
Chesterfield, MO is about 500 miles (800 km) from Lakewood, OH in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 650 miles, or about 10 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 Chesterfield, MO to Lakewood, OH takes about 1 h, 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.
Chesterfield, MO is on Central Time and Lakewood, OH is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Chesterfield, it's 1 p.m. in Lakewood, which puts Chesterfield 1 hours behind.
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.
Lakewood has a population of 50,605, vs 49,645 in Chesterfield — about the same size. By land area, Chesterfield covers about 32 sq mi vs 5.5 sq mi for Lakewood.
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 | Chesterfield | Lakewood | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,405/mo | $941/mo | 49.3% higher in Chesterfield |
| Median home value | $437,000 | $221,100 | 97.6% higher in Chesterfield |
| Median household income | $137,052 | $63,299 | 116.5% higher in Chesterfield |
| Groceries index | 99.7 | 93.9 | 6.2% higher in Chesterfield |
| Utilities index | 71.9 | 95.6 | 33.0% higher in Lakewood |
| Transportation index | 98.5 | 98.8 | ≈ equal (Lakewood slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 98.7 | 99.0 | ≈ equal (Lakewood slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Chesterfield, you'd need $100,011 in Lakewood to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Chesterfield and Lakewood have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Chesterfield than in Lakewood. If you earn $80,000 in Chesterfield, you'd need about $80,009 in Lakewood to keep the same standard of living.