City comparison
Maple Grove, MN is about 1,000 miles (1,700 km) from New York, NY in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,300 miles, or about 22 hours (about 2 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 Maple Grove, MN to New York, NY takes about 2 h 4 min, covering roughly 1,000 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.
Maple Grove, MN is on Central Time and New York, NY is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Maple Grove, it's 1 p.m. in New York, which puts Maple Grove 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.
New York has a population of 8,622,467, vs 70,110 in Maple Grove — about 123.0× larger by population. By land area, New York covers about 300 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Maple Grove.
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 | Maple Grove | New York | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,768/mo | $1,714/mo | 3.2% higher in Maple Grove |
| Median home value | $379,800 | $732,100 | 92.8% higher in New York |
| Median household income | $127,001 | $76,607 | 65.8% higher in Maple Grove |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 109.6 | 7.0% higher in New York |
| Utilities index | 93.3 | 128.8 | 38.1% higher in New York |
| Transportation index | 103.7 | 105.4 | 1.6% higher in New York |
| Healthcare index | 103.9 | 105.3 | 1.3% higher in New York |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Maple Grove, you'd need $117,630 in New York to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Maple Grove, MN is about 15% cheaper overall than New York, NY, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 29% higher in New York than in Maple Grove. If you earn $80,000 in Maple Grove, you'd need about $94,104 in New York to keep the same standard of living.