City comparison
Philadelphia, PA is about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) from St. Louis Park, 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 St. Louis Park, MN takes about 1 h 58 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 St. Louis Park, MN is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Philadelphia, it's 11 a.m. in St. Louis Park, 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 49,500 in St. Louis Park — about 32.2× larger by population. By land area, Philadelphia covers about 135 sq mi vs 11 sq mi for St. Louis Park.
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 | St. Louis Park | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,250/mo | $1,504/mo | 20.3% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Median home value | $215,500 | $357,900 | 66.1% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Median household income | $57,537 | $94,263 | 63.8% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Groceries index | 97.0 | 102.5 | 5.6% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Utilities index | 112.3 | 93.3 | 20.4% higher in Philadelphia |
| Transportation index | 101.7 | 103.7 | 2.0% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Healthcare index | 102.7 | 103.9 | 1.2% higher in St. Louis Park |
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 $100,038 in St. Louis Park to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Philadelphia and St. Louis Park have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Philadelphia, you'd need about $80,030 in St. Louis Park to keep the same standard of living.