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Oxnard vs Santa Barbara

Oxnard, CA compared with Santa Barbara, CA · 32 miles apart

Oxnard has 199,651 residents to Santa Barbara’s 86,422. Oxnard comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, poverty rate. Santa Barbara does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Oxnard, CA Santa Barbara, CA
Population 199,651 86,422
Density (per sq mi) 7,521 4,434
Median household income $96,212 $106,182
Median home value $652,700 $1,570,800
Median rent $2,032 $2,413
Homeownership 54.4% 39.9%
Average commute 25.3 min 17.3 min
Median age 34.4 39.7
Bachelor's degree + 19.5% 51.9%
Poverty rate 11% 14%
Unemployment 6.5% 5.8%
Price to income 6.8× 14.8×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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