City comparison
Kokomo, IN is about 850 miles (1,300 km) from The Villages, FL 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 Kokomo, IN to The Villages, FL takes about 1 h 40 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.
Kokomo, IN is on Central Time and The Villages, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Kokomo, it's 1 p.m. in The Villages, which puts Kokomo 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.
The Villages has a population of 79,108, vs 59,534 in Kokomo — about 1.3× larger by population. By land area, Kokomo covers about 37 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for The Villages.
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 | Kokomo | The Villages | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $856/mo | $1,711/mo | 99.9% higher in The Villages |
| Median home value | $118,400 | $346,900 | 193.0% higher in The Villages |
| Median household income | $53,967 | $73,415 | 36.0% higher in The Villages |
| Groceries index | 94.5 | 96.5 | 2.1% higher in The Villages |
| Utilities index | 86.8 | 89.5 | 3.2% higher in The Villages |
| Transportation index | 98.9 | 99.0 | ≈ equal (The Villages slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 99.1 | 98.5 | 0.6% higher in Kokomo |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Kokomo, you'd need $100,248 in The Villages to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Kokomo and The Villages have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Kokomo, you'd need about $80,198 in The Villages to keep the same standard of living.