City comparison
Huntington, WV is about 650 miles (1,100 km) from St. Joseph, MO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 850 miles, or about 14 hours 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 Huntington, WV to St. Joseph, MO takes about 1 h 20 min, covering roughly 650 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.
Huntington, WV is on Eastern Time and St. Joseph, MO is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Huntington, it's 11 a.m. in St. Joseph, which puts Huntington 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.
St. Joseph has a population of 72,198, vs 46,637 in Huntington — about 1.5× larger by population. By land area, St. Joseph covers about 44 sq mi vs 16 sq mi for Huntington.
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 | Huntington | St. Joseph | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $841/mo | $854/mo | 1.5% higher in St. Joseph |
| Median home value | $114,800 | $138,100 | 20.3% higher in St. Joseph |
| Median household income | $39,066 | $54,515 | 39.5% higher in St. Joseph |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 94.4 | 2.3% higher in Huntington |
| Utilities index | 88.5 | 88.6 | ≈ equal (St. Joseph slightly higher) |
| Transportation index | 99.5 | 93.4 | 6.5% higher in Huntington |
| Healthcare index | 99.0 | 93.6 | 5.7% higher in Huntington |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Huntington, you'd need $99,219 in St. Joseph to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
St. Joseph, MO is about 0.8% cheaper overall than Huntington, WV, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 7% higher in St. Joseph than in Huntington. If you earn $80,000 in Huntington, you'd need about $79,375 in St. Joseph to keep the same standard of living.