City comparison
Cuyahoga Falls, OH is about 550 miles (850 km) from Madison, AL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 650 miles, or about 11 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 Cuyahoga Falls, OH to Madison, AL takes about 1 h 4 min, covering roughly 550 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 Madison, AL is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Cuyahoga Falls, it's 11 a.m. in Madison, 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.
Madison has a population of 56,967, vs 50,916 in Cuyahoga Falls — about 1.1× larger by population. By land area, Madison covers about 31 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 | Madison | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $973/mo | $1,201/mo | 23.4% higher in Madison |
| Median home value | $160,400 | $327,100 | 103.9% higher in Madison |
| Median household income | $67,922 | $118,132 | 73.9% higher in Madison |
| Groceries index | 93.9 | 96.6 | 2.9% higher in Madison |
| Utilities index | 96.0 | 84.9 | 13.1% higher in Cuyahoga Falls |
| Transportation index | 98.8 | 97.0 | 1.8% higher in Cuyahoga Falls |
| Healthcare index | 99.0 | 96.5 | 2.5% 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 $99,966 in Madison to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Cuyahoga Falls and Madison have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in Madison than in Cuyahoga Falls. If you earn $80,000 in Cuyahoga Falls, you'd need about $79,973 in Madison to keep the same standard of living.