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→Louisville
Louisville is bourbon, the Derby, Muhammad Ali, and the Hot Brown sandwich (an open-faced turkey-and-cheese situation invented at the Brown Hotel). Derby week is a citywide event where people dress like they're at a wedding for a horse. The Highlands neighborhood has the best dive bars, the Urban Bourbon Trail downtown takes a full weekend. Pronounce it 'Loo-uh-vul' and you'll fit in.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,368/mo
$1,627/mo less than Oxnard (119%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$282k
$640k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
4.5%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,590/mo
Louisville has $2,027/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
181 days
161 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
1 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
15 days
days below 20°F per year
Louisville drops below 20°F on 15 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
54 / 100
20.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
22 routes
22 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
1.4M metro
Oxnard has 3.8x fewer events per month than Louisville.
the verdict
3
Oxnard
categories won
5
Louisville
categories won
Louisville wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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