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San Buenaventura (Ventura) vs Santa Barbara

San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA compared with Santa Barbara, CA · 28 miles apart

San Buenaventura (Ventura) has 109,914 residents to Santa Barbara’s 86,422. San Buenaventura (Ventura) comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, poverty rate. Santa Barbara does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA Santa Barbara, CA
Population 109,914 86,422
Density (per sq mi) 5,029 4,434
Median household income $103,069 $106,182
Median home value $827,300 $1,570,800
Median rent $2,198 $2,413
Homeownership 55.9% 39.9%
Average commute 24.1 min 17.3 min
Median age 41.3 39.7
Bachelor's degree + 41.5% 51.9%
Poverty rate 10.4% 14%
Unemployment 4.8% 5.8%
Price to income 14.8×
Clear days a year 68
Days above 90°F 2

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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