City comparison
Houston, TX is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from Ocoee, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 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 Ocoee, FL takes about 1 h 41 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 Ocoee, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in Ocoee, 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 47,290 in Ocoee — about 48.6× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 16 sq mi for Ocoee.
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 | Ocoee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,756/mo | 42.2% higher in Ocoee |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $325,100 | 38.3% higher in Ocoee |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $88,828 | 47.0% higher in Ocoee |
| 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 Ocoee |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 98.5 | 3.5% higher in Ocoee |
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 $108,474 in Ocoee to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 7.8% cheaper overall than Ocoee, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 20% higher in Ocoee than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $86,779 in Ocoee to keep the same standard of living.