City comparison
Concord, NC is about 650 miles (1,100 km) from Wauwatosa, WI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 850 miles, or about 14 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 Concord, NC to Wauwatosa, WI takes about 1 h 19 min, covering roughly 650 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.
Concord, NC is on Eastern Time and Wauwatosa, WI is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Concord, it's 11 a.m. in Wauwatosa, which puts Concord 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.
Concord has a population of 105,335, vs 47,919 in Wauwatosa — about 2.2× larger by population. By land area, Concord covers about 65 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for Wauwatosa.
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 | Concord | Wauwatosa | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,259/mo | $1,312/mo | 4.2% higher in Wauwatosa |
| Median home value | $288,100 | $291,600 | 1.2% higher in Wauwatosa |
| Median household income | $83,480 | $93,812 | 12.4% higher in Wauwatosa |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 94.0 | 2.9% higher in Concord |
| Utilities index | 89.7 | 91.6 | 2.2% higher in Wauwatosa |
| Transportation index | 98.4 | 99.2 | 0.8% higher in Wauwatosa |
| Healthcare index | 97.9 | 99.4 | 1.5% higher in Wauwatosa |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Concord, you'd need $100,000 in Wauwatosa to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Concord and Wauwatosa have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Concord, you'd need about $80,000 in Wauwatosa to keep the same standard of living.