City comparison
Conway, AR is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from Las Cruces, NM in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 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 Conway, AR to Las Cruces, NM takes about 1 h 41 min, covering roughly 850 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.
Conway, AR is on Central Time and Las Cruces, NM is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Conway, it's 11 a.m. in Las Cruces, which puts Conway 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.
Las Cruces has a population of 111,273, vs 65,159 in Conway — about 1.7× larger by population. By land area, Las Cruces covers about 77 sq mi vs 47 sq mi for Conway.
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 | Conway | Las Cruces | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $942/mo | $907/mo | 3.9% higher in Conway |
| Median home value | $223,900 | $197,200 | 13.5% higher in Conway |
| Median household income | $54,036 | $51,013 | 5.9% higher in Conway |
| Groceries index | 94.0 | 96.9 | 3.0% higher in Las Cruces |
| Utilities index | 76.5 | 82.2 | 7.5% higher in Las Cruces |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 99.1 | 3.5% higher in Las Cruces |
| Healthcare index | 95.3 | 99.0 | 4.0% higher in Las Cruces |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Conway, you'd need $99,927 in Las Cruces to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Conway and Las Cruces have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Conway than in Las Cruces. If you earn $80,000 in Conway, you'd need about $79,942 in Las Cruces to keep the same standard of living.