City comparison
Lombard, IL is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from Warwick, RI 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 Lombard, IL to Warwick, RI takes about 1 h 42 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.
Lombard, IL is on Central Time and Warwick, RI is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Lombard, it's 1 p.m. in Warwick, which puts Lombard 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.
Warwick has a population of 82,783, vs 44,055 in Lombard — about 1.9× larger by population. By land area, Warwick covers about 35 sq mi vs 10 sq mi for Lombard.
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 | Lombard | Warwick | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,741/mo | $1,295/mo | 34.4% higher in Lombard |
| Median home value | $308,900 | $294,400 | 4.9% higher in Lombard |
| Median household income | $95,509 | $81,009 | 17.9% higher in Lombard |
| Groceries index | 106.3 | 97.5 | 9.0% higher in Lombard |
| Utilities index | 84.3 | 144.3 | 71.2% higher in Warwick |
| Transportation index | 100.2 | 101.7 | 1.5% higher in Warwick |
| Healthcare index | 100.4 | 102.5 | 2.1% higher in Warwick |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Lombard, you'd need $99,981 in Warwick to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Lombard and Warwick have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 10% higher in Lombard than in Warwick. If you earn $80,000 in Lombard, you'd need about $79,985 in Warwick to keep the same standard of living.