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→Wichita
Wichita is the Air Capital of the World, with Cessna, Beechcraft, and major Spirit AeroSystems facilities all here. The Arkansas River runs through downtown, and the Old Town district has brick streets, breweries, and the kind of friendly Kansas pace that makes the rest of the country envious. The flatness is real, and the sunsets are enormous because of it.
full dispatch→02 · the money
Median rent
Median rent
$2,995/mo
$1,173/mo
$1,822/mo less than Oxnard (155%)
Median home price
Median home price
$923k
$221k
$701k less than Oxnard
State income tax
State income tax
9.3%
5.7%
Gross left after rent
Gross left after rent
$4,563/mo
$6,685/mo
Wichita has $2,122/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
164 days
178 fewer than Oxnard
Extreme heat days
Extreme heat days
0 days
30 days
days above 95°F per year
Extreme cold days
Extreme cold days
0 days
20 days
days below 20°F per year
Wichita has 30 more days above 95°F each year than Oxnard. Wichita drops below 20°F on 20 more days per year than Oxnard.
04 · the life
OutdoorScore
OutdoorScore
74 / 100
52 / 100
22.0 pts behind Oxnard
Nonstop flights
Nonstop flights
0 routes
11 routes
11 more direct routes than Oxnard
Metro size
Metro size
830k metro
653k metro
Oxnard has 1.3x more events per month than Wichita.
the verdict
4
Oxnard
categories won
5
Wichita
categories won
Wichita wins on money. Oxnard has the edge on weather.
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