City comparison
Deerfield Beach, FL is about 950 miles (1,500 km) from Houston, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 20 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 Deerfield Beach, FL to Houston, TX takes about 1 h 55 min, covering roughly 950 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.
Deerfield Beach, FL is on Eastern Time and Houston, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Deerfield Beach, it's 11 a.m. in Houston, which puts Deerfield Beach 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.
Houston has a population of 2,296,253, vs 86,455 in Deerfield Beach — about 26.6× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 15 sq mi for Deerfield Beach.
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 | Deerfield Beach | Houston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,575/mo | $1,235/mo | 27.5% higher in Deerfield Beach |
| Median home value | $243,900 | $235,000 | 3.8% higher in Deerfield Beach |
| Median household income | $53,741 | $60,440 | 12.5% higher in Houston |
| Groceries index | 103.1 | 100.4 | 2.7% higher in Deerfield Beach |
| Utilities index | 97.0 | 96.3 | 0.7% higher in Deerfield Beach |
| Transportation index | 108.3 | 95.8 | 13.1% higher in Deerfield Beach |
| Healthcare index | 107.8 | 95.2 | 13.3% higher in Deerfield Beach |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Deerfield Beach, you'd need $79,845 in Houston to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 20.2% cheaper overall than Deerfield Beach, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 47% higher in Deerfield Beach than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Deerfield Beach, you'd need about $63,876 in Houston to keep the same standard of living.