City comparison
Provo, UT is about 1,500 miles (2,400 km) from Sterling Heights, MI in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,900 miles, or about 31 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 Provo, UT to Sterling Heights, MI takes about 2 h 58 min, covering roughly 1,500 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.
Provo, UT is on Mountain Time and Sterling Heights, MI is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Provo, it's 1 p.m. in Sterling Heights, which puts Provo 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.
Sterling Heights has a population of 133,744, vs 114,400 in Provo — about 1.2× larger by population. By land area, Provo covers about 42 sq mi vs 36 sq mi for Sterling Heights.
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 | Provo | Sterling Heights | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,089/mo | $1,215/mo | 11.6% higher in Sterling Heights |
| Median home value | $391,500 | $243,400 | 60.8% higher in Provo |
| Median household income | $57,943 | $75,381 | 30.1% higher in Sterling Heights |
| Groceries index | 97.1 | 98.6 | 1.5% higher in Sterling Heights |
| Utilities index | 82.8 | 105.6 | 27.5% higher in Sterling Heights |
| Transportation index | 99.5 | 102.1 | 2.6% higher in Sterling Heights |
| Healthcare index | 99.4 | 102.3 | 2.9% higher in Sterling Heights |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Provo, you'd need $99,909 in Sterling Heights to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Provo and Sterling Heights have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 8% higher in Provo than in Sterling Heights. If you earn $80,000 in Provo, you'd need about $79,927 in Sterling Heights to keep the same standard of living.