City comparison
Houston, TX is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from Kissimmee, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 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 Houston, TX to Kissimmee, FL takes about 1 h 42 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.
Houston, TX is on Central Time and Kissimmee, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in Kissimmee, which puts Houston 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.
Houston has a population of 2,296,253, vs 78,478 in Kissimmee — about 29.3× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 22 sq mi for Kissimmee.
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 | Houston | Kissimmee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,419/mo | 14.9% higher in Kissimmee |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $253,000 | 7.7% higher in Kissimmee |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $45,319 | 33.4% higher in Houston |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 96.5 | 4.1% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 87.9 | 9.6% higher in Houston |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 99.0 | 3.4% higher in Kissimmee |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 98.5 | 3.5% higher in Kissimmee |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Houston, you'd need $107,464 in Kissimmee to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 6.9% cheaper overall than Kissimmee, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 18% higher in Kissimmee than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $85,971 in Kissimmee to keep the same standard of living.