City comparison
Orlando, FL is about 950 miles (1,600 km) from Plano, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 20 hours (about 2 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 Orlando, FL to Plano, TX takes about 1 h 57 min, covering roughly 950 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.
Orlando, FL is on Eastern Time and Plano, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Orlando, it's 11 a.m. in Plano, which puts Orlando 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.
Orlando has a population of 307,738, vs 284,948 in Plano — about the same size. By land area, Orlando covers about 110 sq mi vs 72 sq mi for Plano.
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 | Orlando | Plano | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,509/mo | $1,699/mo | 12.6% higher in Plano |
| Median home value | $332,700 | $412,500 | 24.0% higher in Plano |
| Median household income | $66,292 | $105,679 | 59.4% higher in Plano |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 102.5 | 6.2% higher in Plano |
| Utilities index | 87.9 | 91.1 | 3.6% higher in Plano |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 99.8 | 0.7% higher in Plano |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 99.2 | 0.7% higher in Plano |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Orlando, you'd need $99,972 in Plano to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Orlando and Plano have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in Orlando than in Plano. If you earn $80,000 in Orlando, you'd need about $79,978 in Plano to keep the same standard of living.