City comparison
Chicago, IL is about 1,300 miles (2,000 km) from Lehi, UT in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,600 miles, or about 26 hours (about 3 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 Chicago, IL to Lehi, UT takes about 2 h 31 min, covering roughly 1,300 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 Lehi, UT is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Chicago, it's 11 a.m. in Lehi, which puts Chicago 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.
Chicago has a population of 2,721,914, vs 77,110 in Lehi — about 35.3× larger by population. By land area, Chicago covers about 230 sq mi vs 30 sq mi for Lehi.
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 | Lehi | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,314/mo | $1,681/mo | 27.9% higher in Lehi |
| Median home value | $304,500 | $500,100 | 64.2% higher in Lehi |
| Median household income | $71,673 | $117,243 | 63.6% higher in Lehi |
| Groceries index | 106.4 | 97.1 | 9.5% higher in Chicago |
| Utilities index | 84.4 | 82.8 | 1.9% higher in Chicago |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 99.5 | 0.9% higher in Chicago |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 99.4 | 0.8% higher in Chicago |
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 $96,278 in Lehi to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Lehi, UT is about 3.7% cheaper overall than Chicago, IL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Chicago than in Lehi. If you earn $80,000 in Chicago, you'd need about $77,022 in Lehi to keep the same standard of living.