City comparison
Lehi, UT is about 600 miles (950 km) from Medford, OR in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 750 miles, or about 12 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 Lehi, UT to Medford, OR takes about 1 h 10 min, covering roughly 600 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.
Lehi, UT is on Mountain Time and Medford, OR is on Pacific Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Lehi, it's 11 a.m. in Medford, which puts Lehi 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.
Medford has a population of 85,539, vs 77,110 in Lehi — about 1.1× larger by population. By land area, Lehi covers about 30 sq mi vs 29 sq mi for Medford.
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 | Lehi | Medford | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,681/mo | $1,214/mo | 38.5% higher in Lehi |
| Median home value | $500,100 | $355,600 | 40.6% higher in Lehi |
| Median household income | $117,243 | $65,647 | 78.6% higher in Lehi |
| Groceries index | 97.1 | 105.2 | 8.3% higher in Medford |
| Utilities index | 82.8 | 104.3 | 26.0% higher in Medford |
| Transportation index | 99.5 | 100.7 | 1.2% higher in Medford |
| Healthcare index | 99.4 | 100.6 | 1.2% higher in Medford |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Lehi, you'd need $99,781 in Medford to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Lehi and Medford have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 9% higher in Lehi than in Medford. If you earn $80,000 in Lehi, you'd need about $79,825 in Medford to keep the same standard of living.