City comparison
Longmont, CO is about 1,700 miles (2,700 km) from West Haven, CT in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,100 miles, or about 35 hours (about 4 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 Longmont, CO to West Haven, CT takes about 3 h 21 min, covering roughly 1,700 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.
Longmont, CO is on Mountain Time and West Haven, CT is on Eastern Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Longmont, it's 2 p.m. in West Haven, which puts Longmont 2 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 55,336 in West Haven — about 1.8× larger by population. By land area, Longmont covers about 29 sq mi vs 11 sq mi for West Haven.
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 | Longmont | West Haven | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,689/mo | $1,322/mo | 27.8% higher in Longmont |
| Median home value | $488,100 | $247,800 | 97.0% higher in Longmont |
| Median household income | $89,720 | $72,827 | 23.2% higher in Longmont |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 106.7 | 10.3% higher in West Haven |
| Utilities index | 86.5 | 128.3 | 48.2% higher in West Haven |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 104.3 | 4.0% higher in West Haven |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 105.1 | 4.8% higher in West Haven |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Longmont, you'd need $100,230 in West Haven to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Longmont and West Haven have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 11% higher in Longmont than in West Haven. If you earn $80,000 in Longmont, you'd need about $80,184 in West Haven to keep the same standard of living.