City comparison
Hicksville, NY is about 2,500 miles (4,000 km) from Los Angeles, CA 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 Hicksville, NY to Los Angeles, CA 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.
Hicksville, NY is on Eastern Time and Los Angeles, CA is on Pacific Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Hicksville, it's 9 a.m. in Los Angeles, which puts Hicksville 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.
Los Angeles has a population of 3,881,041, vs 44,084 in Hicksville — about 88.0× larger by population. By land area, Los Angeles covers about 470 sq mi vs 6.8 sq mi for Hicksville.
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 | Hicksville | Los Angeles | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,549/mo | $1,791/mo | 42.3% higher in Hicksville |
| Median home value | $593,500 | $822,600 | 38.6% higher in Los Angeles |
| Median household income | $139,809 | $76,244 | 83.4% higher in Hicksville |
| Groceries index | 109.4 | 106.4 | 2.8% higher in Hicksville |
| Utilities index | 124.5 | 151.7 | 21.8% higher in Los Angeles |
| Transportation index | 105.0 | 104.0 | 0.9% higher in Hicksville |
| Healthcare index | 105.7 | 104.3 | 1.3% higher in Hicksville |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Hicksville, you'd need $106,023 in Los Angeles to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Hicksville, NY is about 5.7% cheaper overall than Los Angeles, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 9% higher in Los Angeles than in Hicksville. If you earn $80,000 in Hicksville, you'd need about $84,819 in Los Angeles to keep the same standard of living.