City comparison
Palm Coast, FL is about 950 miles (1,500 km) from Waukegan, IL 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 Palm Coast, FL to Waukegan, IL takes about 1 h 55 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.
Palm Coast, FL is on Eastern Time and Waukegan, IL is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Palm Coast, it's 11 a.m. in Waukegan, 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.
Palm Coast has a population of 91,082, vs 89,435 in Waukegan — about the same size. By land area, Palm Coast covers about 96 sq mi vs 24 sq mi for Waukegan.
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 | Waukegan | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,621/mo | $1,132/mo | 43.2% higher in Palm Coast |
| Median home value | $283,300 | $164,400 | 72.3% higher in Palm Coast |
| Median household income | $68,824 | $66,077 | 4.2% higher in Palm Coast |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 106.0 | 9.9% higher in Waukegan |
| Utilities index | 88.2 | 84.8 | 4.0% higher in Palm Coast |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 100.1 | 1.1% higher in Waukegan |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 100.3 | 1.9% higher in Waukegan |
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 $100,205 in Waukegan to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Palm Coast and Waukegan have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 3% higher in Palm Coast than in Waukegan. If you earn $80,000 in Palm Coast, you'd need about $80,164 in Waukegan to keep the same standard of living.