City comparison
Phoenix, AZ is about 1,300 miles (2,000 km) from St. Louis Park, MN in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,600 miles, or about 26 hours (about 3 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 Phoenix, AZ to St. Louis Park, MN takes about 2 h 32 min, covering roughly 1,300 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.
Phoenix, AZ is on Mountain Time and St. Louis Park, MN is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Phoenix, it's 1 p.m. in St. Louis Park, which puts Phoenix 1 hours behind.
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.
Phoenix has a population of 1,609,456, vs 49,500 in St. Louis Park — about 32.5× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 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 | Phoenix | St. Louis Park | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,322/mo | $1,504/mo | 13.8% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Median home value | $340,200 | $357,900 | 5.2% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Median household income | $72,092 | $94,263 | 30.8% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 102.5 | 6.9% higher in St. Louis Park |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 93.3 | 3.1% higher in Phoenix |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 103.7 | ≈ equal (Phoenix slightly higher) |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 103.9 | ≈ equal (Phoenix slightly higher) |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Phoenix, you'd need $97,882 in St. Louis Park to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
St. Louis Park, MN is about 2.1% cheaper overall than Phoenix, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Phoenix than in St. Louis Park. If you earn $80,000 in Phoenix, you'd need about $78,306 in St. Louis Park to keep the same standard of living.