City comparison
Pueblo, CO is about 600 miles (950 km) from Rogers, AR in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 750 miles, or about 12 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 Pueblo, CO to Rogers, AR takes about 1 h 11 min, covering roughly 600 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.
Pueblo, CO is on Mountain Time and Rogers, AR is on Central Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Pueblo, it's 1 p.m. in Rogers, which puts Pueblo 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.
Pueblo has a population of 111,430, vs 69,961 in Rogers — about 1.6× larger by population. By land area, Pueblo covers about 57 sq mi vs 39 sq mi for Rogers.
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 | Pueblo | Rogers | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $940/mo | $1,113/mo | 18.4% higher in Rogers |
| Median home value | $197,700 | $248,900 | 25.9% higher in Rogers |
| Median household income | $52,794 | $78,075 | 47.9% higher in Rogers |
| Groceries index | 96.8 | 94.0 | 2.9% higher in Pueblo |
| Utilities index | 85.8 | 76.9 | 11.6% higher in Pueblo |
| Transportation index | 100.3 | 95.8 | 4.7% higher in Pueblo |
| Healthcare index | 100.2 | 95.3 | 5.2% higher in Pueblo |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Pueblo, you'd need $99,930 in Rogers to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Pueblo and Rogers have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 9% higher in Rogers than in Pueblo. If you earn $80,000 in Pueblo, you'd need about $79,944 in Rogers to keep the same standard of living.