City comparison
Palm Coast, FL is about 1,000 miles (1,700 km) from San Antonio, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,300 miles, or about 22 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 Palm Coast, FL to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 5 min, covering roughly 1,000 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.
Palm Coast, FL is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Palm Coast, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Palm Coast 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 91,082 in Palm Coast — about 15.9× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 96 sq mi for Palm Coast.
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 | Palm Coast | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,621/mo | $1,189/mo | 36.3% higher in Palm Coast |
| Median home value | $283,300 | $198,000 | 43.1% higher in Palm Coast |
| Median household income | $68,824 | $59,593 | 15.5% higher in Palm Coast |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 94.2 | 2.4% higher in Palm Coast |
| Utilities index | 88.2 | 83.3 | 5.9% higher in Palm Coast |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 96.6 | 2.5% higher in Palm Coast |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 96.1 | 2.5% higher in Palm Coast |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Palm Coast, you'd need $91,992 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 8% cheaper overall than Palm Coast, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 17% higher in Palm Coast than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Palm Coast, you'd need about $73,593 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.