City comparison
Dallas, TX is about 1,500 miles (2,500 km) from Lowell, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,900 miles, or about 32 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 Lowell, MA takes about 3 h 5 min, covering roughly 1,500 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 Lowell, MA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Dallas, it's 1 p.m. in Lowell, 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 114,737 in Lowell — about 11.3× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 14 sq mi for Lowell.
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 | Lowell | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,305/mo | $1,466/mo | 12.3% higher in Lowell |
| Median home value | $270,700 | $362,800 | 34.0% higher in Lowell |
| Median household income | $63,985 | $73,008 | 14.1% higher in Lowell |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 99.4 | 2.4% higher in Dallas |
| Utilities index | 89.3 | 141.1 | 58.1% higher in Lowell |
| Transportation index | 98.5 | 102.9 | 4.5% higher in Lowell |
| Healthcare index | 99.7 | 103.7 | 4.1% higher in Lowell |
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 $115,685 in Lowell to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 13.6% cheaper overall than Lowell, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 22% higher in Lowell than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Dallas, you'd need about $92,548 in Lowell to keep the same standard of living.