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→Jacksonville
Jacksonville is the largest city in the continental U.S. by land area, which means everything is 20 minutes from everything else and most of those 20 minutes involve a bridge. The St. Johns River cuts the city in half, the beaches are a quick drive east, and the food scene leans seafood and surprisingly excellent BBQ. It's a Florida city without the theme-park vibe.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,679/mo
$1,316/mo less than Oxnard (78%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$358k
$565k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
0%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,654/mo
Jacksonville has $2,091/mo more gross after rent at $100k
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03 · the weather
Pleasant days/yr
Pleasant days/yr
342 days
198 days
144 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
27 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
0 days
days below 20°F per year
Jacksonville has 27 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
64 / 100
10.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
26 routes
26 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
1.7M metro
Oxnard has 2.2x fewer events per month than Jacksonville.
the verdict
3
Oxnard
categories won
5
Jacksonville
categories won
Jacksonville wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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