City comparison
Poinciana, FL is about 800 miles (1,300 km) from Texas City, TX in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,000 miles, or about 17 hours 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 Texas City, TX takes about 1 h 38 min, covering roughly 800 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 Texas City, TX is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Poinciana, it's 11 a.m. in Texas City, 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.
Poinciana has a population of 69,311, vs 53,084 in Texas City — about 1.3× larger by population. By land area, Poinciana covers about 72 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 | Poinciana | Texas City | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,509/mo | $1,137/mo | 32.7% higher in Poinciana |
| Median home value | $241,500 | $166,600 | 45.0% higher in Poinciana |
| Median household income | $60,928 | $61,359 | 0.7% higher in Texas City |
| Groceries index | 96.5 | 100.5 | 4.1% higher in Texas City |
| Utilities index | 87.7 | 95.2 | 8.6% higher in Texas City |
| Transportation index | 99.0 | 96.0 | 3.1% higher in Poinciana |
| Healthcare index | 98.5 | 95.5 | 3.1% 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 $100,141 in Texas City to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Poinciana and Texas City have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. If you earn $80,000 in Poinciana, you'd need about $80,113 in Texas City to keep the same standard of living.