City comparison
Lakewood, WA is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Longmont, CO in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 21 hours (about 2 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 Lakewood, WA to Longmont, CO takes about 1 h 59 min, covering roughly 1,000 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.
Lakewood, WA is on Pacific Time and Longmont, CO is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Lakewood, it's 1 p.m. in Longmont, which puts Lakewood 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.
Longmont has a population of 98,282, vs 63,142 in Lakewood — about 1.6× larger by population. By land area, Longmont covers about 29 sq mi vs 17 sq mi for Lakewood.
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 | Lakewood | Longmont | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,318/mo | $1,689/mo | 28.1% higher in Longmont |
| Median home value | $406,500 | $488,100 | 20.1% higher in Longmont |
| Median household income | $65,531 | $89,720 | 36.9% higher in Longmont |
| Groceries index | 104.0 | 96.8 | 7.5% higher in Lakewood |
| Utilities index | 95.7 | 86.5 | 10.6% higher in Lakewood |
| Transportation index | 106.6 | 100.3 | 6.4% higher in Lakewood |
| Healthcare index | 106.6 | 100.2 | 6.4% higher in Lakewood |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Lakewood, you'd need $99,379 in Longmont to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Longmont, CO is about 0.6% cheaper overall than Lakewood, WA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in Longmont than in Lakewood. If you earn $80,000 in Lakewood, you'd need about $79,503 in Longmont to keep the same standard of living.