City comparison
Middletown, CT is about 550 miles (900 km) from Taylor, MI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 700 miles, or about 11 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 Middletown, CT to Taylor, MI takes about 1 h 6 min, covering roughly 550 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.
Middletown, CT is on Eastern Time and Taylor, MI is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Middletown, it's 11 a.m. in Taylor, which puts Middletown 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.
Taylor has a population of 62,937, vs 48,152 in Middletown — about 1.3× larger by population. By land area, Middletown covers about 41 sq mi vs 24 sq mi for Taylor.
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 | Middletown | Taylor | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,312/mo | $984/mo | 33.3% higher in Middletown |
| Median home value | $257,800 | $132,300 | 94.9% higher in Middletown |
| Median household income | $75,120 | $59,352 | 26.6% higher in Middletown |
| Groceries index | 97.4 | 98.6 | 1.2% higher in Taylor |
| Utilities index | 147.8 | 105.6 | 40.0% higher in Middletown |
| Transportation index | 101.0 | 102.1 | 1.0% higher in Taylor |
| Healthcare index | 101.8 | 102.3 | ≈ equal (Taylor slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Middletown, you'd need $99,908 in Taylor to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Middletown and Taylor have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 9% higher in Taylor than in Middletown. If you earn $80,000 in Middletown, you'd need about $79,927 in Taylor to keep the same standard of living.