City comparison
Dunwoody, GA is about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from Phoenix, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,000 miles, or about 33 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 Dunwoody, GA to Phoenix, AZ takes about 3 h 11 min, covering roughly 1,600 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.
Dunwoody, GA is on Central Time and Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Dunwoody, it's 11 a.m. in Phoenix, which puts Dunwoody 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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 51,458 in Dunwoody — about 31.3× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 13 sq mi for Dunwoody.
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 | Dunwoody | Phoenix | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,721/mo | $1,322/mo | 30.2% higher in Dunwoody |
| Median home value | $545,200 | $340,200 | 60.3% higher in Dunwoody |
| Median household income | $106,710 | $72,092 | 48.0% higher in Dunwoody |
| Groceries index | 100.3 | 95.8 | 4.6% higher in Dunwoody |
| Utilities index | 96.1 | 96.2 | ≈ equal (Phoenix slightly higher) |
| Transportation index | 97.0 | 104.1 | 7.2% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 96.5 | 104.0 | 7.8% higher in Phoenix |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Dunwoody, you'd need $104,123 in Phoenix to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Dunwoody, GA is about 4% cheaper overall than Phoenix, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Phoenix than in Dunwoody. If you earn $80,000 in Dunwoody, you'd need about $83,298 in Phoenix to keep the same standard of living.