City comparison
Houston, TX is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) from Provo, UT in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,500 miles, or about 24 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 Provo, UT takes about 2 h 20 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 Provo, UT is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 11 a.m. in Provo, which puts Houston 1 hours ahead.
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 114,400 in Provo — about 20.1× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 42 sq mi for Provo.
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 | Provo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,089/mo | 13.4% higher in Houston |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $391,500 | 66.6% higher in Provo |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $57,943 | 4.3% higher in Houston |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 97.1 | 3.3% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 82.8 | 16.3% higher in Houston |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 99.5 | 3.9% higher in Provo |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 99.4 | 4.5% higher in Provo |
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 $98,889 in Provo to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Provo, UT is about 1.1% cheaper overall than Houston, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $79,112 in Provo to keep the same standard of living.