City comparison
New Bedford, MA is about 850 miles (1,400 km) from Skokie, IL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,100 miles, or about 18 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 New Bedford, MA to Skokie, IL takes about 1 h 44 min, covering roughly 850 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.
New Bedford, MA is on Eastern Time and Skokie, IL is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in New Bedford, it's 11 a.m. in Skokie, which puts New Bedford 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.
New Bedford has a population of 100,620, vs 67,076 in Skokie — about 1.5× larger by population. By land area, New Bedford covers about 20 sq mi vs 10 sq mi for Skokie.
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 | New Bedford | Skokie | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,026/mo | $1,470/mo | 43.3% higher in Skokie |
| Median home value | $291,300 | $362,500 | 24.4% higher in Skokie |
| Median household income | $54,604 | $91,892 | 68.3% higher in Skokie |
| Groceries index | 97.5 | 106.3 | 9.0% higher in Skokie |
| Utilities index | 144.3 | 84.3 | 71.2% higher in New Bedford |
| Transportation index | 101.7 | 100.2 | 1.5% higher in New Bedford |
| Healthcare index | 102.5 | 100.4 | 2.1% higher in New Bedford |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in New Bedford, you'd need $100,000 in Skokie to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
New Bedford and Skokie have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 10% higher in Skokie than in New Bedford. If you earn $80,000 in New Bedford, you'd need about $80,000 in Skokie to keep the same standard of living.