City comparison
Maple Grove, MN is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Philadelphia, PA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 21 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 Philadelphia, PA takes about 1 h 59 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 Philadelphia, PA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Maple Grove, it's 1 p.m. in Philadelphia, 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.
Philadelphia has a population of 1,593,208, vs 70,110 in Maple Grove — about 22.7× larger by population. By land area, Philadelphia covers about 135 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 | Philadelphia | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,768/mo | $1,250/mo | 41.4% higher in Maple Grove |
| Median home value | $379,800 | $215,500 | 76.2% higher in Maple Grove |
| Median household income | $127,001 | $57,537 | 120.7% higher in Maple Grove |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 97.0 | 5.6% higher in Maple Grove |
| Utilities index | 93.3 | 112.3 | 20.4% higher in Philadelphia |
| Transportation index | 103.7 | 101.7 | 2.0% higher in Maple Grove |
| Healthcare index | 103.9 | 102.7 | 1.2% higher in Maple Grove |
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 $99,225 in Philadelphia to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Philadelphia, PA is about 0.8% cheaper overall than Maple Grove, MN, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 2% higher in Maple Grove than in Philadelphia. If you earn $80,000 in Maple Grove, you'd need about $79,380 in Philadelphia to keep the same standard of living.