City comparison
Meriden, CT is about 800 miles (1,300 km) from Milwaukee, WI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 16 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 Meriden, CT to Milwaukee, WI takes about 1 h 34 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.
Meriden, CT is on Eastern Time and Milwaukee, WI is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Meriden, it's 11 a.m. in Milwaukee, which puts Meriden 1 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.
Milwaukee has a population of 573,299, vs 60,556 in Meriden — about 9.5× larger by population. By land area, Milwaukee covers about 96 sq mi vs 24 sq mi for Meriden.
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 | Meriden | Milwaukee | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,191/mo | $982/mo | 21.3% higher in Meriden |
| Median home value | $199,100 | $157,800 | 26.2% higher in Meriden |
| Median household income | $63,671 | $49,733 | 28.0% higher in Meriden |
| Groceries index | 97.4 | 94.0 | 3.6% higher in Meriden |
| Utilities index | 148.4 | 91.6 | 62.0% higher in Meriden |
| Transportation index | 101.0 | 99.2 | 1.9% higher in Meriden |
| Healthcare index | 101.8 | 99.4 | 2.5% higher in Meriden |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Meriden, you'd need $100,083 in Milwaukee to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Meriden and Milwaukee have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 19% higher in Milwaukee than in Meriden. If you earn $80,000 in Meriden, you'd need about $80,067 in Milwaukee to keep the same standard of living.