City comparison
Philadelphia, PA is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from Plymouth, MN in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,200 miles, or about 21 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 Philadelphia, PA to Plymouth, MN takes about 1 h 59 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.
Philadelphia, PA is on Eastern Time and Plymouth, MN is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Philadelphia, it's 11 a.m. in Plymouth, which puts Philadelphia 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.
Philadelphia has a population of 1,593,208, vs 79,918 in Plymouth — about 19.9× larger by population. By land area, Philadelphia covers about 135 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for Plymouth.
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 | Philadelphia | Plymouth | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,250/mo | $1,625/mo | 30.0% higher in Plymouth |
| Median home value | $215,500 | $447,600 | 107.7% higher in Plymouth |
| Median household income | $57,537 | $130,131 | 126.2% higher in Plymouth |
| Groceries index | 97.0 | 102.5 | 5.6% higher in Plymouth |
| Utilities index | 112.3 | 93.3 | 20.4% higher in Philadelphia |
| Transportation index | 101.7 | 103.7 | 2.0% higher in Plymouth |
| Healthcare index | 102.7 | 103.9 | 1.2% higher in Plymouth |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Philadelphia, you'd need $100,376 in Plymouth to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Philadelphia and Plymouth have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Philadelphia, you'd need about $80,301 in Plymouth to keep the same standard of living.