City comparison
Houston, TX is about 1,300 miles (2,100 km) from West Seneca, NY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,600 miles, or about 27 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 Seneca, NY takes about 2 h 35 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 West Seneca, NY is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Houston, it's 1 p.m. in West Seneca, 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 45,387 in West Seneca — about 50.6× larger by population. By land area, Houston covers about 640 sq mi vs 21 sq mi for West Seneca.
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 Seneca | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,235/mo | $999/mo | 23.6% higher in Houston |
| Median home value | $235,000 | $197,500 | 19.0% higher in Houston |
| Median household income | $60,440 | $75,435 | 24.8% higher in West Seneca |
| Groceries index | 100.4 | 99.8 | 0.6% higher in Houston |
| Utilities index | 96.3 | 126.8 | 31.6% higher in West Seneca |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 97.6 | 1.9% higher in West Seneca |
| Healthcare index | 95.2 | 98.4 | 3.4% higher in West Seneca |
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 $93,597 in West Seneca to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
West Seneca, NY is about 6.4% cheaper overall than Houston, TX, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 29% higher in Houston than in West Seneca. If you earn $80,000 in Houston, you'd need about $74,877 in West Seneca to keep the same standard of living.