City comparison
Dallas, TX is about 1,400 miles (2,200 km) from Elizabeth, NJ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,700 miles, or about 28 hours (about 3 days at 10 h/day) 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 Dallas, TX to Elizabeth, NJ takes about 2 h 43 min, covering roughly 1,400 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.
Dallas, TX is on Central Time and Elizabeth, NJ is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Dallas, it's 1 p.m. in Elizabeth, which puts Dallas 1 hours behind.
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.
Dallas has a population of 1,300,642, vs 135,665 in Elizabeth — about 9.6× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 12 sq mi for Elizabeth.
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 | Dallas | Elizabeth | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,305/mo | $1,390/mo | 6.5% higher in Elizabeth |
| Median home value | $270,700 | $358,400 | 32.4% higher in Elizabeth |
| Median household income | $63,985 | $59,939 | 6.8% higher in Dallas |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 109.4 | 7.6% higher in Elizabeth |
| Utilities index | 89.3 | 124.5 | 39.5% higher in Elizabeth |
| Transportation index | 98.5 | 105.0 | 6.5% higher in Elizabeth |
| Healthcare index | 99.7 | 105.7 | 6.1% higher in Elizabeth |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Dallas, you'd need $117,516 in Elizabeth to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 14.9% cheaper overall than Elizabeth, NJ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 25% higher in Elizabeth than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Dallas, you'd need about $94,013 in Elizabeth to keep the same standard of living.