City comparison
St. Paul, MN is about 1,100 miles (1,800 km) from Taunton, MA in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 1,400 miles, or about 23 hours (about 2 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 St. Paul, MN to Taunton, MA takes about 2 h 14 min, covering roughly 1,100 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.
St. Paul, MN is on Central Time and Taunton, MA is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in St. Paul, it's 1 p.m. in Taunton, which puts St. Paul 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.
St. Paul has a population of 308,806, vs 59,436 in Taunton — about 5.2× larger by population. By land area, St. Paul covers about 52 sq mi vs 47 sq mi for Taunton.
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 | St. Paul | Taunton | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,174/mo | $1,180/mo | 0.5% higher in Taunton |
| Median home value | $264,900 | $359,500 | 35.7% higher in Taunton |
| Median household income | $69,919 | $72,782 | 4.1% higher in Taunton |
| Groceries index | 102.5 | 97.5 | 5.1% higher in St. Paul |
| Utilities index | 93.3 | 144.3 | 54.7% higher in Taunton |
| Transportation index | 103.7 | 101.7 | 2.0% higher in St. Paul |
| Healthcare index | 103.9 | 102.5 | 1.4% higher in St. Paul |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in St. Paul, you'd need $100,095 in Taunton to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
St. Paul and Taunton have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 7% higher in St. Paul than in Taunton. If you earn $80,000 in St. Paul, you'd need about $80,076 in Taunton to keep the same standard of living.