City comparison
Houston, TX is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from West Haven, CT in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,900 miles, or about 31 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 West Haven, CT takes about 2 h 58 min, covering roughly 1,500 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 West Haven, CT is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in West Haven, 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 55,336 in West Haven — about 41.5× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 11 sq mi for West Haven.
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 | West Haven | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $1,322/mo | 7.0% higher in West Haven |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $247,800 | 5.4% higher in West Haven |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $72,827 | 20.5% higher in West Haven |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 106.7 | 6.3% higher in West Haven |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 128.3 | 33.2% higher in West Haven |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 104.3 | 8.9% higher in West Haven |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 105.1 | 10.4% higher in West Haven |
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 $121,891 in West Haven to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Houston, TX is about 18% cheaper overall than West Haven, CT, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 34% higher in West Haven than in Houston. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $97,513 in West Haven to keep the same standard of living.