City comparison
Medford, OR is about 1,600 miles (2,600 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 2,000 miles, or about 34 hours (about 3 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 Medford, OR to San Antonio, TX takes about 3 h 14 min, covering roughly 1,600 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.
Medford, OR is on Pacific Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 2-hour difference. When it's noon in Medford, it's 2 p.m. in San Antonio, which puts Medford 2 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.
San Antonio has a population of 1,445,662, vs 85,539 in Medford — about 16.9× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 29 sq mi for Medford.
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 | Medford | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,214/mo | $1,189/mo | 2.1% higher in Medford |
| Median home value | $355,600 | $198,000 | 79.6% higher in Medford |
| Median household income | $65,647 | $59,593 | 10.2% higher in Medford |
| Groceries index | 105.2 | 94.2 | 11.6% higher in Medford |
| Utilities index | 104.3 | 83.3 | 25.2% higher in Medford |
| Transportation index | 100.7 | 96.6 | 4.2% higher in Medford |
| Healthcare index | 100.6 | 96.1 | 4.7% higher in Medford |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Medford, you'd need $93,705 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 6.3% cheaper overall than Medford, OR, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in Medford than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Medford, you'd need about $74,964 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.