City comparison
Madison, WI is about 800 miles (1,300 km) from Newport News, VA 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, WI to Newport News, VA takes about 1 h 36 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, WI is on Central Time and Newport News, VA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Madison, it's 1 p.m. in Newport News, which puts Madison 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.
Madison has a population of 268,516, vs 185,118 in Newport News — about 1.5× larger by population. By land area, Madison covers about 84 sq mi vs 69 sq mi for Newport News.
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 | Newport News | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,291/mo | $1,209/mo | 6.8% higher in Madison |
| Median home value | $326,600 | $233,400 | 39.9% higher in Madison |
| Median household income | $74,895 | $63,355 | 18.2% higher in Madison |
| Groceries index | 94.0 | 96.9 | 3.1% higher in Newport News |
| Utilities index | 90.0 | 90.0 | ≈ equal (Newport News slightly higher) |
| Transportation index | 99.2 | 98.8 | ≈ equal (Madison slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 99.4 | 98.3 | 1.2% higher in Madison |
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 $100,072 in Newport News to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Madison and Newport News have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Madison, you'd need about $80,057 in Newport News to keep the same standard of living.