City comparison
Houston, TX is about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from Taunton, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,000 miles, or about 33 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 Taunton, MA takes about 3 h 11 min, covering roughly 1,600 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 Taunton, MA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in Taunton, 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 59,436 in Taunton — about 38.6× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 47 sq mi for Taunton.
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 | Taunton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,180/mo | 4.7% higher in Houston |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $359,500 | 53.0% higher in Taunton |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $72,782 | 20.4% higher in Taunton |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 97.5 | 3.0% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 144.3 | 49.9% higher in Taunton |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 101.7 | 6.2% higher in Taunton |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 102.5 | 7.7% higher in Taunton |
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 $105,453 in Taunton to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 5.2% cheaper overall than Taunton, MA, based on our cost-of-living index. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $84,362 in Taunton to keep the same standard of living.