City comparison
Fort Collins, CO is about 700 miles (1,100 km) from Woodbury, MN in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 850 miles, or about 14 hours 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 Fort Collins, CO to Woodbury, MN takes about 1 h 22 min, covering roughly 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.
Fort Collins, CO is on Mountain Time and Woodbury, MN is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Fort Collins, it's 1 p.m. in Woodbury, which puts Fort Collins 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.
Fort Collins has a population of 168,758, vs 75,549 in Woodbury — about 2.2× larger by population. By land area, Fort Collins covers about 57 sq mi vs 35 sq mi for Woodbury.
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 | Fort Collins | Woodbury | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,576/mo | $1,767/mo | 12.1% higher in Woodbury |
| Median home value | $497,400 | $409,900 | 21.3% higher in Fort Collins |
| Median household income | $78,977 | $125,097 | 58.4% higher in Woodbury |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 102.5 | 5.9% higher in Woodbury |
| Utilities index | 86.0 | 93.3 | 8.5% higher in Woodbury |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 103.7 | 3.5% higher in Woodbury |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 103.9 | 3.7% higher in Woodbury |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Fort Collins, you'd need $99,953 in Woodbury to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Fort Collins and Woodbury have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Fort Collins than in Woodbury. If you earn $80,000 in Fort Collins, you'd need about $79,963 in Woodbury to keep the same standard of living.