City comparison
Houston, TX is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from Newport News, VA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,500 miles, or about 25 hours (about 3 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 Newport News, VA takes about 2 h 24 min, covering roughly 1,200 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 Newport News, VA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in Newport News, 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 185,118 in Newport News — about 12.4× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 69 sq mi for Newport News.
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 | Newport News | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,209/mo | 2.2% higher in Houston |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $233,400 | 0.7% higher in Houston |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $63,355 | 4.8% higher in Newport News |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 96.9 | 3.5% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 90.0 | 6.9% higher in Houston |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 98.8 | 3.2% higher in Newport News |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 98.3 | 3.2% 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 Houston, you'd need $97,949 in Newport News to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Newport News, VA is about 2.1% cheaper overall than Houston, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 4% higher in Houston than in Newport News. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $78,359 in Newport News to keep the same standard of living.