City comparison
Poinciana, FL is about 1,000 miles (1,700 km) from San Antonio, 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 Poinciana, FL to San Antonio, TX takes about 2 h 4 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.
Poinciana, FL is on Eastern Time and San Antonio, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Poinciana, it's 11 a.m. in San Antonio, which puts Poinciana 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.
San Antonio has a population of 1,445,662, vs 69,311 in Poinciana — about 20.9× larger by population. By land area, San Antonio covers about 500 sq mi vs 72 sq mi for Poinciana.
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 | Poinciana | San Antonio | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,509/mo | $1,189/mo | 26.9% higher in Poinciana |
| Median home value | $241,500 | $198,000 | 22.0% higher in Poinciana |
| Median household income | $60,928 | $59,593 | 2.2% higher in Poinciana |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 94.2 | 2.4% higher in Poinciana |
| Utilities index | 87.7 | 83.3 | 5.2% higher in Poinciana |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 96.6 | 2.5% higher in Poinciana |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 96.1 | 2.5% higher in Poinciana |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Poinciana, you'd need $94,524 in San Antonio to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
San Antonio, TX is about 5.5% cheaper overall than Poinciana, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 10% higher in Poinciana than in San Antonio. If you earn $80,000 in Poinciana, you'd need about $75,619 in San Antonio to keep the same standard of living.