City comparison
Portsmouth, VA is about 500 miles (850 km) from Taylor, MI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 650 miles, or about 11 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 Portsmouth, VA to Taylor, MI takes about 1 h 3 min, covering roughly 500 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.
Portsmouth, VA is on Eastern Time and Taylor, MI is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Portsmouth, it's 11 a.m. in Taylor, which puts Portsmouth 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.
Portsmouth has a population of 97,384, vs 62,937 in Taylor — about 1.5× larger by population. By land area, Portsmouth covers about 33 sq mi vs 24 sq mi for Taylor.
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 | Portsmouth | Taylor | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,225/mo | $984/mo | 24.5% higher in Portsmouth |
| Median home value | $213,300 | $132,300 | 61.2% higher in Portsmouth |
| Median household income | $57,154 | $59,352 | 3.8% higher in Taylor |
| Groceries index | 96.9 | 98.6 | 1.7% higher in Taylor |
| Utilities index | 90.0 | 105.6 | 17.3% higher in Taylor |
| Transportation index | 98.8 | 102.1 | 3.3% higher in Taylor |
| Healthcare index | 98.3 | 102.3 | 4.1% higher in Taylor |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Portsmouth, you'd need $100,112 in Taylor to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Portsmouth and Taylor have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 7% higher in Portsmouth than in Taylor. If you earn $80,000 in Portsmouth, you'd need about $80,090 in Taylor to keep the same standard of living.