City comparison
Jacksonville, NC is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from Oshkosh, WI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 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, NC to Oshkosh, WI takes about 1 h 45 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, NC is on Eastern Time and Oshkosh, WI is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Jacksonville, it's 11 a.m. in Oshkosh, 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 71,908, vs 66,373 in Oshkosh — about the same size. By land area, Jacksonville covers about 49 sq mi vs 28 sq mi for Oshkosh.
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 | Oshkosh | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,181/mo | $860/mo | 37.3% higher in Jacksonville |
| Median home value | $176,200 | $156,900 | 12.3% higher in Jacksonville |
| Median household income | $50,185 | $59,186 | 17.9% higher in Oshkosh |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 94.0 | 3.0% higher in Jacksonville |
| Utilities index | 87.9 | 90.7 | 3.2% higher in Oshkosh |
| Transportation index | 98.4 | 99.2 | 0.8% higher in Oshkosh |
| Healthcare index | 97.9 | 99.4 | 1.5% higher in Oshkosh |
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 $100,046 in Oshkosh to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Jacksonville and Oshkosh have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Jacksonville, you'd need about $80,037 in Oshkosh to keep the same standard of living.