City comparison
Hendersonville, TN is about 550 miles (900 km) from Newport News, VA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 700 miles, or about 12 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 Hendersonville, TN to Newport News, VA takes about 1 h 7 min, covering roughly 550 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.
Hendersonville, TN is on Central Time and Newport News, VA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Hendersonville, it's 1 p.m. in Newport News, which puts Hendersonville 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.
Newport News has a population of 185,118, vs 61,589 in Hendersonville — about 3.0× larger by population. By land area, Newport News covers about 69 sq mi vs 32 sq mi for Hendersonville.
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 | Hendersonville | Newport News | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,407/mo | $1,209/mo | 16.4% higher in Hendersonville |
| Median home value | $364,700 | $233,400 | 56.3% higher in Hendersonville |
| Median household income | $86,954 | $63,355 | 37.2% higher in Hendersonville |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 96.9 | ≈ equal (Newport News slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 74.0 | 90.0 | 21.7% higher in Newport News |
| Transportation index | 95.6 | 98.8 | 3.3% higher in Newport News |
| Healthcare index | 95.1 | 98.3 | 3.3% higher in Newport News |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Hendersonville, you'd need $100,082 in Newport News to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Hendersonville and Newport News have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Hendersonville than in Newport News. If you earn $80,000 in Hendersonville, you'd need about $80,065 in Newport News to keep the same standard of living.