City comparison
Houston, TX is about 1,300 miles (2,200 km) from Upland, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,700 miles, or about 28 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 Upland, CA takes about 2 h 40 min, covering roughly 1,300 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 Upland, CA is on Pacific Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 10 a.m. in Upland, which puts Houston 2 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 78,847 in Upland — about 29.1× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 16 sq mi for Upland.
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 | Upland | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,841/mo | 49.1% higher in Upland |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $647,400 | 175.5% higher in Upland |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $93,994 | 55.5% higher in Upland |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 101.7 | 1.3% higher in Upland |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 146.5 | 52.1% higher in Upland |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 101.6 | 6.1% higher in Upland |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 101.5 | 6.7% higher in Upland |
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 $118,019 in Upland to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 15.3% cheaper overall than Upland, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 26% higher in Upland than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $94,415 in Upland to keep the same standard of living.