City comparison
Hattiesburg, MS is about 850 miles (1,300 km) from Youngstown, OH in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 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 Hattiesburg, MS to Youngstown, OH takes about 1 h 40 min, covering roughly 850 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.
Hattiesburg, MS is on Central Time and Youngstown, OH is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Hattiesburg, it's 1 p.m. in Youngstown, which puts Hattiesburg 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.
Youngstown has a population of 60,048, vs 48,466 in Hattiesburg — about 1.2× larger by population. By land area, Hattiesburg covers about 53 sq mi vs 34 sq mi for Youngstown.
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 | Hattiesburg | Youngstown | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $936/mo | $711/mo | 31.6% higher in Hattiesburg |
| Median home value | $146,600 | $54,900 | 167.0% higher in Hattiesburg |
| Median household income | $41,024 | $34,295 | 19.6% higher in Hattiesburg |
| Groceries index | 96.4 | 93.9 | 2.7% higher in Hattiesburg |
| Utilities index | 78.5 | 95.9 | 22.2% higher in Youngstown |
| Transportation index | 96.5 | 98.8 | 2.3% higher in Youngstown |
| Healthcare index | 96.0 | 99.0 | 3.1% higher in Youngstown |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Hattiesburg, you'd need $98,386 in Youngstown to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Youngstown, OH is about 1.6% cheaper overall than Hattiesburg, MS, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 14% higher in Hattiesburg than in Youngstown. If you earn $80,000 in Hattiesburg, you'd need about $78,709 in Youngstown to keep the same standard of living.