City comparison
Chicago, IL is about 1,300 miles (2,000 km) from South Jordan, 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 South Jordan, UT takes about 2 h 32 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 South Jordan, UT is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Chicago, it's 11 a.m. in South Jordan, 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 78,118 in South Jordan — about 34.8× larger by population. By land area, Chicago covers about 230 sq mi vs 26 sq mi for South Jordan.
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 | South Jordan | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,314/mo | $1,679/mo | 27.8% higher in South Jordan |
| Median home value | $304,500 | $559,500 | 83.7% higher in South Jordan |
| Median household income | $71,673 | $119,822 | 67.2% higher in South Jordan |
| Groceries index | 106.4 | 97.1 | 9.5% higher in Chicago |
| Utilities index | 84.4 | 83.2 | 1.5% 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 $103,378 in South Jordan to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Chicago, IL is about 3.3% cheaper overall than South Jordan, UT, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 12% higher in South Jordan than in Chicago. If you earn $80,000 in Chicago, you'd need about $82,702 in South Jordan to keep the same standard of living.