City comparison
Haverhill, MA is about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from Houston, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,000 miles, or about 34 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 Haverhill, MA to Houston, TX takes about 3 h 14 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.
Haverhill, MA is on Eastern Time and Houston, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Haverhill, it's 11 a.m. in Houston, which puts Haverhill 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 67,273 in Haverhill — about 34.1× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Haverhill.
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 | Haverhill | Houston | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,462/mo | $1,235/mo | 18.4% higher in Haverhill |
| Median home value | $400,900 | $235,000 | 70.6% higher in Haverhill |
| Median household income | $81,989 | $60,440 | 35.7% higher in Haverhill |
| Groceries index | 99.4 | 100.4 | 1.0% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 141.1 | 96.3 | 46.5% higher in Haverhill |
| Transportation index | 102.9 | 95.8 | 7.5% higher in Haverhill |
| Healthcare index | 103.7 | 95.2 | 9.0% higher in Haverhill |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Haverhill, you'd need $81,545 in Houston to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 18.5% cheaper overall than Haverhill, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 37% higher in Haverhill than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Haverhill, you'd need about $65,236 in Houston to keep the same standard of living.