City comparison
Los Angeles, CA is about 2,200 miles (3,500 km) from Ocoee, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,700 miles, or about 46 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 Los Angeles, CA to Ocoee, FL takes about 4 h 24 min, covering roughly 2,200 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.
Los Angeles, CA is on Pacific Time and Ocoee, FL is on Eastern Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in Los Angeles, it's 3 p.m. in Ocoee, which puts Los Angeles 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.
Los Angeles has a population of 3,881,041, vs 47,290 in Ocoee — about 82.1× larger by population. By land area, Los Angeles covers about 470 sq mi vs 16 sq mi for Ocoee.
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 | Los Angeles | Ocoee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,791/mo | $1,756/mo | 2.0% higher in Los Angeles |
| Median home value | $822,600 | $325,100 | 153.0% higher in Los Angeles |
| Median household income | $76,244 | $88,828 | 16.5% higher in Ocoee |
| Groceries index | 106.4 | 96.5 | 10.3% higher in Los Angeles |
| Utilities index | 151.7 | 87.9 | 72.7% higher in Los Angeles |
| Transportation index | 104.0 | 99.0 | 5.0% higher in Los Angeles |
| Healthcare index | 104.3 | 98.5 | 5.9% higher in Los Angeles |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Los Angeles, you'd need $79,891 in Ocoee to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Ocoee, FL is about 20.1% cheaper overall than Los Angeles, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 35% higher in Los Angeles than in Ocoee. If you earn $80,000 in Los Angeles, you'd need about $63,913 in Ocoee to keep the same standard of living.