City comparison
Dallas, TX is about 1,300 miles (2,200 km) from New Brunswick, 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 New Brunswick, NJ takes about 2 h 41 min, covering roughly 1,300 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 New Brunswick, NJ is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Dallas, it's 1 p.m. in New Brunswick, 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 55,718 in New Brunswick — about 23.3× larger by population. By land area, Dallas covers about 340 sq mi vs 5.2 sq mi for New Brunswick.
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 | New Brunswick | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,305/mo | $1,754/mo | 34.4% higher in New Brunswick |
| Median home value | $270,700 | $289,800 | 7.1% higher in New Brunswick |
| Median household income | $63,985 | $57,138 | 12.0% higher in Dallas |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 107.2 | 5.4% higher in New Brunswick |
| Utilities index | 89.3 | 121.4 | 36.0% higher in New Brunswick |
| Transportation index | 98.5 | 103.3 | 4.8% higher in New Brunswick |
| Healthcare index | 99.7 | 104.1 | 4.4% higher in New Brunswick |
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 $116,299 in New Brunswick to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dallas, TX is about 14% cheaper overall than New Brunswick, NJ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 24% higher in New Brunswick than in Dallas. If you earn $80,000 in Dallas, you'd need about $93,039 in New Brunswick to keep the same standard of living.