City comparison
Chicago, IL is about 1,100 miles (1,700 km) from Port St. Lucie, FL 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 Chicago, IL to Port St. Lucie, FL takes about 2 h 10 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.
Chicago, IL is on Central Time and Port St. Lucie, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Chicago, it's 1 p.m. in Port St. Lucie, 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 210,520 in Port St. Lucie — about 12.9× larger by population. By land area, Chicago covers about 230 sq mi vs 120 sq mi for Port St. Lucie.
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 | Port St. Lucie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,314/mo | $1,684/mo | 28.2% higher in Port St. Lucie |
| Median home value | $304,500 | $292,900 | 4.0% higher in Chicago |
| Median household income | $71,673 | $75,040 | 4.7% higher in Port St. Lucie |
| Groceries index | 106.4 | 96.5 | 10.3% higher in Chicago |
| Utilities index | 84.4 | 87.7 | 4.0% higher in Port St. Lucie |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 99.0 | 1.3% higher in Chicago |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 98.5 | 1.7% 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 $99,933 in Port St. Lucie to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Chicago and Port St. Lucie have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Port St. Lucie than in Chicago. If you earn $80,000 in Chicago, you'd need about $79,946 in Port St. Lucie to keep the same standard of living.