City comparison
Houston, TX is about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from Lakewood, OH in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 23 hours (about 2 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 Houston, TX to Lakewood, OH takes about 2 h 13 min, covering roughly 1,100 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 Lakewood, OH is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in Lakewood, 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 50,605 in Lakewood — about 45.4× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 5.5 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 | Houston | Lakewood | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $941/mo | 31.2% higher in Houston |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $221,100 | 6.3% higher in Houston |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $63,299 | 4.7% higher in Lakewood |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 93.9 | 6.9% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 95.6 | 0.7% higher in Houston |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 98.8 | 3.1% higher in Lakewood |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 99.0 | 4.0% 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 Houston, you'd need $89,345 in Lakewood to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Lakewood, OH is about 10.7% cheaper overall than Houston, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 32% higher in Houston than in Lakewood. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $71,476 in Lakewood to keep the same standard of living.