City comparison
New York, NY is about 2,400 miles (3,900 km) from Pico Rivera, CA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 3,100 miles, or about 51 hours (about 5 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 York, NY to Pico Rivera, CA takes about 4 h 53 min, covering roughly 2,400 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 York, NY is on Eastern Time and Pico Rivera, CA is on Pacific Time — a 3-hour difference. When it's noon in New York, it's 9 a.m. in Pico Rivera, which puts New York 3 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 York has a population of 8,622,467, vs 61,561 in Pico Rivera — about 140.1× larger by population. By land area, New York covers about 300 sq mi vs 8.3 sq mi for Pico Rivera.
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 York | Pico Rivera | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,714/mo | $1,702/mo | 0.7% higher in New York |
| Median home value | $732,100 | $596,500 | 22.7% higher in New York |
| Median household income | $76,607 | $82,539 | 7.7% higher in Pico Rivera |
| Groceries index | 109.6 | 106.4 | 3.0% higher in New York |
| Utilities index | 128.8 | 155.6 | 20.7% higher in Pico Rivera |
| Transportation index | 105.4 | 104.4 | 0.9% higher in New York |
| Healthcare index | 105.3 | 104.3 | 0.9% higher in New York |
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 York, you'd need $107,859 in Pico Rivera to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
New York, NY is about 7.3% cheaper overall than Pico Rivera, CA, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 13% higher in Pico Rivera than in New York. If you earn $80,000 in New York, you'd need about $86,287 in Pico Rivera to keep the same standard of living.