City comparison
Haverhill, MA is about 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from Lakewood, WA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 3,100 miles, or about 52 hours (about 5 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 Lakewood, WA takes about 4 h 58 min, covering roughly 2,500 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 Lakewood, WA is on Pacific Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Haverhill, it's 9 a.m. in Lakewood, which puts Haverhill 3 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.
Haverhill has a population of 67,273, vs 63,142 in Lakewood — about the same size. By land area, Haverhill covers about 33 sq mi vs 17 sq mi for Lakewood.
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 | Lakewood | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,462/mo | $1,318/mo | 10.9% higher in Haverhill |
| Median home value | $400,900 | $406,500 | 1.4% higher in Lakewood |
| Median household income | $81,989 | $65,531 | 25.1% higher in Haverhill |
| Groceries index | 99.4 | 104.0 | 4.6% higher in Lakewood |
| Utilities index | 141.1 | 95.7 | 47.4% higher in Haverhill |
| Transportation index | 102.9 | 106.6 | 3.6% higher in Lakewood |
| Healthcare index | 103.7 | 106.6 | 2.8% higher in Lakewood |
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 $99,788 in Lakewood to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Haverhill and Lakewood have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in Lakewood than in Haverhill. If you earn $80,000 in Haverhill, you'd need about $79,830 in Lakewood to keep the same standard of living.