City comparison
Cuyahoga Falls, OH is about 375 miles (600 km) from Knoxville, TN in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 475 miles, or about 8 h 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 Cuyahoga Falls, OH to Knoxville, TN takes about 46 min, covering roughly 375 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.
Cuyahoga Falls, OH is on Eastern Time and Knoxville, TN is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Cuyahoga Falls, it's 11 a.m. in Knoxville, which puts Cuyahoga Falls 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.
Knoxville has a population of 191,857, vs 50,916 in Cuyahoga Falls — about 3.8× larger by population. By land area, Knoxville covers about 99 sq mi vs 26 sq mi for Cuyahoga Falls.
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 | Cuyahoga Falls | Knoxville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $973/mo | $1,043/mo | 7.2% higher in Knoxville |
| Median home value | $160,400 | $184,200 | 14.8% higher in Knoxville |
| Median household income | $67,922 | $48,309 | 40.6% higher in Cuyahoga Falls |
| Groceries index | 93.9 | 96.5 | 2.8% higher in Knoxville |
| Utilities index | 96.0 | 73.9 | 29.9% higher in Cuyahoga Falls |
| Transportation index | 98.8 | 95.6 | 3.3% higher in Cuyahoga Falls |
| Healthcare index | 99.0 | 95.1 | 4.0% higher in Cuyahoga Falls |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Cuyahoga Falls, you'd need $99,876 in Knoxville to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Cuyahoga Falls and Knoxville have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Knoxville than in Cuyahoga Falls. If you earn $80,000 in Cuyahoga Falls, you'd need about $79,900 in Knoxville to keep the same standard of living.