City comparison
Houston, TX is about 325 miles (500 km) from San Angelo, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 400 miles, or about 6 h 45 min 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 San Angelo, TX takes about 39 min, covering roughly 325 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 San Angelo, TX is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 11 a.m. in San Angelo, 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 99,422 in San Angelo — about 23.1× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 60 sq mi for San Angelo.
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 | San Angelo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,037/mo | 19.1% higher in Houston |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $171,700 | 36.9% higher in Houston |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $65,040 | 7.6% higher in San Angelo |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 94.2 | 6.6% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 82.8 | 16.4% higher in Houston |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 96.6 | 0.9% higher in San Angelo |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 96.1 | 1.0% higher in San Angelo |
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 $88,554 in San Angelo to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Angelo, TX is about 11.4% cheaper overall than Houston, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 27% higher in Houston than in San Angelo. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $70,843 in San Angelo to keep the same standard of living.