City comparison
Houston, TX is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from Palm Coast, 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 Palm Coast, 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 Palm Coast, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in Palm Coast, 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 91,082 in Palm Coast — about 25.2× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 96 sq mi for Palm Coast.
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 | Palm Coast | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,621/mo | 31.3% higher in Palm Coast |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $283,300 | 20.6% higher in Palm Coast |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $68,824 | 13.9% higher in Palm Coast |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 96.5 | 4.1% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 88.2 | 9.2% higher in Houston |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 99.0 | 3.4% higher in Palm Coast |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 98.5 | 3.5% higher in Palm Coast |
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 $102,321 in Palm Coast to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 2.3% cheaper overall than Palm Coast, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Palm Coast than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $81,857 in Palm Coast to keep the same standard of living.