City comparison
Colorado Springs, CO is about 600 miles (950 km) from North Las Vegas, NV in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 750 miles, or about 12 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 Colorado Springs, CO to North Las Vegas, NV takes about 1 h 11 min, covering roughly 600 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.
Colorado Springs, CO is on Mountain Time and North Las Vegas, NV is on Pacific Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Colorado Springs, it's 11 a.m. in North Las Vegas, which puts Colorado Springs 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.
Colorado Springs has a population of 479,612, vs 264,022 in North Las Vegas — about 1.8× larger by population. By land area, Colorado Springs covers about 200 sq mi vs 105 sq mi for North Las Vegas.
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 | Colorado Springs | North Las Vegas | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,464/mo | $1,479/mo | 1.0% higher in North Las Vegas |
| Median home value | $383,000 | $340,200 | 12.6% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Median household income | $79,026 | $71,774 | 10.1% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 97.0 | ≈ equal (North Las Vegas slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 87.0 | 93.8 | 7.8% higher in North Las Vegas |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 99.3 | 1.0% higher in Colorado Springs |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 99.2 | 1.0% higher in Colorado Springs |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Colorado Springs, you'd need $100,105 in North Las Vegas to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Colorado Springs and North Las Vegas have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Colorado Springs, you'd need about $80,084 in North Las Vegas to keep the same standard of living.