City comparison
Fall River, MA is about 1,700 miles (2,800 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,200 miles, or about 36 hours (about 4 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 Fall River, MA to San Antonio, TX takes about 3 h 30 min, covering roughly 1,700 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.
Fall River, MA is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Fall River, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Fall River 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.
San Antonio has a population of 1,445,662, vs 93,638 in Fall River — about 15.4× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Fall River.
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 | Fall River | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,020/mo | $1,189/mo | 16.6% higher in San Antonio |
| Median home value | $328,100 | $198,000 | 65.7% higher in Fall River |
| Median household income | $52,734 | $59,593 | 13.0% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 97.5 | 94.2 | 3.5% higher in Fall River |
| Utilities index | 144.3 | 83.3 | 73.3% higher in Fall River |
| Transportation index | 101.7 | 96.6 | 5.2% higher in Fall River |
| Healthcare index | 102.5 | 96.1 | 6.6% higher in Fall River |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Fall River, you'd need $89,668 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 10.3% cheaper overall than Fall River, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Fall River than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Fall River, you'd need about $71,735 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.