01 · the cities
Oxnard
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.
full dispatch→Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge is LSU football, the Mississippi River bending past downtown, and the kind of food (gumbo, jambalaya, boudin, po'boys) that makes you want to lie down after lunch. The Louisiana state capitol is the tallest in the country, a 34-story Art Deco tower that looks more like a Manhattan office building. Cajun warmth runs through everything, with a slightly more buttoned-up daily pace than New Orleans.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,361/mo
$1,634/mo less than Oxnard (120%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$250k
$673k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
3.0%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,722/mo
Baton Rouge has $2,159/mo more gross after rent at $100k
Gross left after rent reflects state income tax but not federal, based on $100k salary. Enter your salary to find your ideal city.
03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
187 days
155 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
25 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
1 days
days below 20°F per year
Baton Rouge has 25 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
50 / 100
24.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
4 routes
4 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
874k metro
Oxnard has 1.6x more events per month than Baton Rouge.
the verdict
3
Oxnard
categories won
5
Baton Rouge
categories won
Baton Rouge wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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