City comparison
McLean, VA is about 1,900 miles (3,100 km) from Queen Creek, AZ in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,400 miles, or about 41 hours (about 4 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 McLean, VA to Queen Creek, AZ takes about 3 h 54 min, covering roughly 1,900 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.
McLean, VA is on Eastern Time and Queen Creek, AZ is on Mountain Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in McLean, it's 10 a.m. in Queen Creek, which puts McLean 2 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.
Queen Creek has a population of 61,788, vs 49,587 in McLean — about 1.2× larger by population. By land area, Queen Creek covers about 42 sq mi vs 25 sq mi for McLean.
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 | McLean | Queen Creek | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,319/mo | $2,030/mo | 63.5% higher in McLean |
| Median home value | $1,257,900 | $493,700 | 154.8% higher in McLean |
| Median household income | $250,001 | $127,182 | 96.6% higher in McLean |
| Groceries index | 104.3 | 95.8 | 8.8% higher in McLean |
| Utilities index | 105.6 | 96.2 | 9.8% higher in McLean |
| Transportation index | 102.2 | 104.1 | 1.9% higher in Queen Creek |
| Healthcare index | 101.6 | 104.0 | 2.4% higher in Queen Creek |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in McLean, you'd need $86,711 in Queen Creek to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Queen Creek, AZ is about 13.3% cheaper overall than McLean, VA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 29% higher in McLean than in Queen Creek. If you earn $80,000 in McLean, you'd need about $69,369 in Queen Creek to keep the same standard of living.