City comparison
Lakewood, WA is about 2,400 miles (3,900 km) from New Haven, CT in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 3,100 miles, or about 51 hours (about 5 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 New Haven, CT takes about 4 h 54 min, covering roughly 2,400 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 New Haven, CT is on Eastern Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Lakewood, it's 3 p.m. in New Haven, which puts Lakewood 3 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.
New Haven has a population of 135,736, vs 63,142 in Lakewood — about 2.1× larger by population. By land area, New Haven covers about 19 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 | New Haven | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,318/mo | $1,402/mo | 6.4% higher in New Haven |
| Median home value | $406,500 | $236,500 | 71.9% higher in Lakewood |
| Median household income | $65,531 | $54,305 | 20.7% higher in Lakewood |
| Groceries index | 104.0 | 106.7 | 2.6% higher in New Haven |
| Utilities index | 95.7 | 128.3 | 34.0% higher in New Haven |
| Transportation index | 106.6 | 104.3 | 2.3% higher in Lakewood |
| Healthcare index | 106.6 | 105.1 | 1.4% 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 $99,804 in New Haven to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Lakewood and New Haven have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 5% higher in Lakewood than in New Haven. If you earn $80,000 in Lakewood, you'd need about $79,843 in New Haven to keep the same standard of living.