with $100k coming in, swapping out of Trenton

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Oxnard, CA cityscape

swapping out of trenton

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

$700

more expensive each month than Trenton

You'd pay for Oxnard. The question is whether the days are worth the difference.
landable, recorded on the oxnard entry

02 · the money

a quick ledger.

01rent

$2,995/mo

18% more expensive than Trenton(vs $2,540/mo)

02state income tax

9.3%

$244/mo more in state tax than Trenton

vs 6.37% in Trenton

03after rent

$4,563/mo

$700 less than Trenton

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

04a house here

$923k

102% more expensive than Trenton

vs $456k in Trenton

05metro size

830k

vs 382k in Trenton

03 · the life

field notes, weather & such.

342

pleasant days a year, in oxnard.

Trenton keeps to 171 pleasant days a year.

A month here packs 2.2× the events of Trenton.
on a typical month
·outdoorscore

74/100

4% higher than Trenton

vs 71/100 in Trenton

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

·walk score®

96/100

9% higher than Trenton

vs 88/100 in Trenton

Walk Score® methodology

·nonstops

0

100% fewer than Trenton

vs 123 nonstops in Trenton

04 · see also

cities that play in oxnard's register: