City comparison
Phoenix, AZ is about 1,100 miles (1,700 km) from Texas City, 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 Phoenix, AZ to Texas City, TX takes about 2 h 6 min, covering roughly 1,100 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 Texas City, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Phoenix, it's 1 p.m. in Texas City, 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 53,084 in Texas City — about 30.3× larger by population. By land area, Phoenix covers about 520 sq mi vs 66 sq mi for Texas City.
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 | Texas City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,322/mo | $1,137/mo | 16.3% higher in Phoenix |
| Median home value | $340,200 | $166,600 | 104.2% higher in Phoenix |
| Median household income | $72,092 | $61,359 | 17.5% higher in Phoenix |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 100.5 | 4.8% higher in Texas City |
| Utilities index | 96.2 | 95.2 | 1.0% higher in Phoenix |
| Transportation index | 104.1 | 96.0 | 8.4% higher in Phoenix |
| Healthcare index | 104.0 | 95.5 | 8.9% higher in Phoenix |
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 $91,777 in Texas City to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Texas City, TX is about 8.2% cheaper overall than Phoenix, AZ, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 16% higher in Phoenix than in Texas City. If you earn $80,000 in Phoenix, you'd need about $73,422 in Texas City to keep the same standard of living.