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→Huntsville
Huntsville is Rocket City, with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, the Saturn V rocket on display at the Space and Rocket Center, and a tech and engineering economy that punches way above the city's size. Cummings Research Park is the second-largest research park in the U.S. The Tennessee River and Monte Sano State Park give it a quiet outdoor side. Affordable and surprisingly smart.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,374/mo
$1,621/mo less than Oxnard (118%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$316k
$607k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
5.0%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,543/mo
Huntsville has $1,980/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
177 days
165 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
13 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
6 days
days below 20°F per year
Huntsville has 13 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard. Huntsville drops below 20°F on 6 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
58 / 100
16.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
9 routes
9 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
527k metro
Oxnard has 1.3x fewer events per month than Huntsville.
the verdict
4
Oxnard
categories won
5
Huntsville
categories won
Huntsville wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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