City comparison
Madison, AL is about 800 miles (1,300 km) from San Angelo, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 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 Madison, AL to San Angelo, TX takes about 1 h 39 min, covering roughly 800 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.
Madison, AL is on Central Time and San Angelo, TX is on Mountain Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Madison, it's 11 a.m. in San Angelo, which puts Madison 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.
San Angelo has a population of 99,422, vs 56,967 in Madison — about 1.7× larger by population. By land area, San Angelo covers about 60 sq mi vs 31 sq mi for Madison.
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 | Madison | San Angelo | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,201/mo | $1,037/mo | 15.8% higher in Madison |
| Median home value | $327,100 | $171,700 | 90.5% higher in Madison |
| Median household income | $118,132 | $65,040 | 81.6% higher in Madison |
| Groceries index | 96.6 | 94.2 | 2.5% higher in Madison |
| Utilities index | 84.9 | 82.8 | 2.6% higher in Madison |
| Transportation index | 97.0 | 96.6 | ≈ equal (Madison slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 96.5 | 96.1 | ≈ equal (Madison slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Madison, you'd need $100,136 in San Angelo to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Madison and San Angelo have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in San Angelo than in Madison. If you earn $80,000 in Madison, you'd need about $80,109 in San Angelo to keep the same standard of living.