City comparison
Lompoc, CA is about 2,700 miles (4,300 km) from Quincy, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 3,400 miles, or about 56 hours (about 6 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 Lompoc, CA to Quincy, MA takes about 5 h 23 min, covering roughly 2,700 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.
Lompoc, CA is on Pacific Time and Quincy, MA is on Eastern Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Lompoc, it's 3 p.m. in Quincy, which puts Lompoc 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.
Quincy has a population of 100,981, vs 44,086 in Lompoc — about 2.3× larger by population. By land area, Quincy covers about 17 sq mi vs 12 sq mi for Lompoc.
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 | Lompoc | Quincy | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,395/mo | $1,901/mo | 36.3% higher in Quincy |
| Median home value | $408,300 | $563,200 | 37.9% higher in Quincy |
| Median household income | $66,947 | $90,668 | 35.4% higher in Quincy |
| Groceries index | 105.1 | 99.8 | 5.3% higher in Lompoc |
| Utilities index | 147.6 | 144.3 | 2.3% higher in Lompoc |
| Transportation index | 100.7 | 102.9 | 2.2% higher in Quincy |
| Healthcare index | 100.6 | 103.7 | 3.1% higher in Quincy |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Lompoc, you'd need $100,008 in Quincy to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Lompoc and Quincy have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Lompoc, you'd need about $80,006 in Quincy to keep the same standard of living.