City comparison
Jacksonville, FL is about 850 miles (1,300 km) from Sugar Land, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 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 Jacksonville, FL to Sugar Land, TX takes about 1 h 41 min, covering roughly 850 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.
Jacksonville, FL is on Eastern Time and Sugar Land, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Jacksonville, it's 11 a.m. in Sugar Land, which puts Jacksonville 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.
Jacksonville has a population of 950,203, vs 110,077 in Sugar Land — about 8.6× larger by population. By land area, Jacksonville covers about 745 sq mi vs 40 sq mi for Sugar Land.
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 | Jacksonville | Sugar Land | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,281/mo | $1,868/mo | 45.8% higher in Sugar Land |
| Median home value | $243,000 | $387,900 | 59.6% higher in Sugar Land |
| Median household income | $64,138 | $132,247 | 106.2% higher in Sugar Land |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 100.5 | 4.1% higher in Sugar Land |
| Utilities index | 88.2 | 95.2 | 8.0% higher in Sugar Land |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 96.0 | 3.1% higher in Jacksonville |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 95.5 | 3.1% higher in Jacksonville |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Jacksonville, you'd need $100,079 in Sugar Land to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Jacksonville and Sugar Land have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Jacksonville, you'd need about $80,063 in Sugar Land to keep the same standard of living.