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→Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach has hard-packed sand you can actually drive your car on (yes, on the beach, it's a tradition). The Daytona 500 brings NASCAR to town every February and shakes the whole city awake. Bike Week is its own beast. Outside of the events, it's a quieter Florida beach town than its reputation suggests, with affordable oceanfront and the Halifax River making the geography interesting.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,784/mo
$1,211/mo less than Oxnard (68%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$331k
$592k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
0%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,549/mo
Daytona Beach has $1,986/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
212 days
130 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
11 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
0 days
days below 20°F per year
Daytona Beach has 11 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
63 / 100
11.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
2 routes
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
722k metro
Oxnard has 1.7x more events per month than Daytona Beach.
the verdict
3
Oxnard
categories won
4
Daytona Beach
categories won
Daytona Beach wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather and lifestyle.
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