City comparison
Dallas, TX is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from Suffolk, VA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,500 miles, or about 24 hours (about 2 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 Suffolk, VA takes about 2 h 21 min, covering roughly 1,200 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 Suffolk, VA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Dallas, it's 1 p.m. in Suffolk, 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 94,856 in Suffolk — about 13.7× larger by population. By land area, Suffolk covers about 400 sq mi vs 340 sq mi for Dallas.
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 | Suffolk | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,305/mo | $1,376/mo | 5.4% higher in Suffolk |
| Median home value | $270,700 | $314,400 | 16.1% higher in Suffolk |
| Median household income | $63,985 | $87,758 | 37.2% higher in Suffolk |
| Groceries index | 101.7 | 96.9 | 4.9% higher in Dallas |
| Utilities index | 89.3 | 90.0 | 0.9% higher in Suffolk |
| Transportation index | 98.5 | 98.8 | ≈ equal (Suffolk slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 99.7 | 98.3 | 1.5% higher in Dallas |
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 $92,865 in Suffolk to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Suffolk, VA is about 7.1% cheaper overall than Dallas, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 16% higher in Dallas than in Suffolk. If you earn $80,000 in Dallas, you'd need about $74,292 in Suffolk to keep the same standard of living.