City comparison
Chicago, IL is about 850 miles (1,300 km) from Concord, NH in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 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 Chicago, IL to Concord, NH takes about 1 h 39 min, covering roughly 850 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.
Chicago, IL is on Central Time and Concord, NH is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Chicago, it's 1 p.m. in Concord, which puts Chicago 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.
Chicago has a population of 2,721,914, vs 44,049 in Concord — about 61.8× larger by population. By land area, Chicago covers about 230 sq mi vs 64 sq mi for Concord.
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 | Chicago | Concord | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,314/mo | $1,277/mo | 2.9% higher in Chicago |
| Median home value | $304,500 | $287,600 | 5.9% higher in Chicago |
| Median household income | $71,673 | $77,874 | 8.7% higher in Concord |
| Groceries index | 106.4 | 98.0 | 8.6% higher in Chicago |
| Utilities index | 84.4 | 130.5 | 54.6% higher in Concord |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 103.0 | 2.7% higher in Concord |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 103.8 | 3.6% higher in Concord |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Chicago, you'd need $111,607 in Concord to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Chicago, IL is about 10.4% cheaper overall than Concord, NH, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 18% higher in Concord than in Chicago. If you earn $80,000 in Chicago, you'd need about $89,285 in Concord to keep the same standard of living.