City comparison
Spring Hill, FL is about 40 miles (70 km) from The Villages, FL in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 50 miles, or about 54 min 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 Spring Hill, FL to The Villages, FL takes about 5 min, covering roughly 40 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.
Spring Hill, FL is on Central Time and The Villages, FL is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Spring Hill, it's 1 p.m. in The Villages, which puts Spring Hill 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.
Spring Hill has a population of 116,882, vs 79,108 in The Villages — about 1.5× larger by population. By land area, Spring Hill covers about 60 sq mi vs 33 sq mi for The Villages.
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 | Spring Hill | The Villages | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,223/mo | $1,711/mo | 39.9% higher in The Villages |
| Median home value | $221,500 | $346,900 | 56.6% higher in The Villages |
| Median household income | $61,588 | $73,415 | 19.2% higher in The Villages |
| Groceries index | 95.8 | 96.5 | 0.7% higher in The Villages |
| Utilities index | 89.1 | 89.5 | ≈ equal (The Villages slightly higher) |
| Transportation index | 97.8 | 99.0 | 1.2% higher in The Villages |
| Healthcare index | 97.3 | 98.5 | 1.2% higher in The Villages |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Spring Hill, you'd need $75,293 in The Villages to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
The Villages, FL is about 24.7% cheaper overall than Spring Hill, FL, based on our cost-of-living index. Housing costs are roughly 108% higher in Spring Hill than in The Villages. If you earn $80,000 in Spring Hill, you'd need about $60,235 in The Villages to keep the same standard of living.