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Oxnard, CA cityscape

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Oxnard

ca · metro 830k

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a dispatch from

oxnard

CA

34.20°N

119.18°W

Oxnard is California's strawberry capital, where the fields literally run up to the beach. Channel Islands Harbor is a quiet alternative to the busier Ventura and Santa Barbara, with great seafood and a chill Mexican food scene. The weather is the perfect 65-and-overcast that locals call 'June gloom' for most of summer. The Channel Islands themselves are a ferry ride away.

metro830k

01 · the verdict

the verdict

$545

the monthly premium over Bridgeport

Oxnard runs a little pricier than Bridgeport. The case has to be about something other than rent.
landable, recorded on the oxnard entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,995/mo

8% more expensive than Bridgeport(vs $2,767/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$317/mo more in state tax than Bridgeport

vs 5.5% in Bridgeport

03after rent

$4,563/mo

$545 less than Bridgeport

gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.

04a house here

$923k

20% more expensive than Bridgeport

vs $768k in Bridgeport

05metro size

830k

vs 952k in Bridgeport

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

342

pleasant days a year, in oxnard.

Bridgeport barely cracks 172 pleasant ones.

243% more happening than in Bridgeport.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

74/100

16% higher than Bridgeport

vs 64/100 in Bridgeport

Closest outdoor draw: Channel Islands National Park, 14 mi.

·walk score®

96/100

4% higher than Bridgeport

vs 92/100 in Bridgeport

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

0

100% fewer than Bridgeport

vs 1 nonstops in Bridgeport

04 · see also

cities that play in oxnard's register: