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Oxnard, CA cityscape

swapping out of naples

Oxnard

ca · metro 830k

photo: ha ha / pexels

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

$1,051

pricier each month than Naples

Oxnard is the expensive option. The argument has to be entirely about the place, not the price.
landable, recorded on the oxnard entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,995/mo

10% more expensive than Naples(vs $2,719/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$775/mo more in state tax than Naples

vs 0% in Naples

03after rent

$4,563/mo

$1,051 less than Naples

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

04a house here

$923k

36% more expensive than Naples

vs $679k in Naples

05metro size

830k

vs 404k in Naples

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

342

pleasant days a year, in oxnard.

Naples only logs 261 pleasant days.

·outdoorscore

74/100

28% higher than Naples

vs 58/100 in Naples

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

·walk score®

96/100

19% higher than Naples

vs 81/100 in Naples

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

0

100% fewer than Naples

vs 34 nonstops in Naples

04 · see also

cities that play in oxnard's register: