City comparison
New Brunswick, NJ is about 1,600 miles (2,500 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,900 miles, or about 32 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 New Brunswick, NJ to San Antonio, TX takes about 3 h 7 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.
New Brunswick, NJ is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in New Brunswick, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts New Brunswick 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.
San Antonio has a population of 1,445,662, vs 55,718 in New Brunswick — about 25.9× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 5.2 sq mi for New Brunswick.
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 Brunswick | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,754/mo | $1,189/mo | 47.5% higher in New Brunswick |
| Median home value | $289,800 | $198,000 | 46.4% higher in New Brunswick |
| Median household income | $57,138 | $59,593 | 4.3% higher in San Antonio |
| Groceries index | 107.2 | 94.2 | 13.8% higher in New Brunswick |
| Utilities index | 121.4 | 83.3 | 45.8% higher in New Brunswick |
| Transportation index | 103.3 | 96.6 | 6.9% higher in New Brunswick |
| Healthcare index | 104.1 | 96.1 | 8.3% higher in New Brunswick |
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 Brunswick, you'd need $76,345 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 23.7% cheaper overall than New Brunswick, NJ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 53% higher in New Brunswick than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in New Brunswick, you'd need about $61,076 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.