Oxnard, CA
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Oxnard ranks 8th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 7th for income. A household earns $114,238 a year while median rent runs $2,313/mo, making it comfortably affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 11% above the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is household income (7th of 300), while rent is the soft spot (297th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 297th and home prices 291st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Oxnard, your take-home is worth about $52,741 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it less than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 7th of 300↑23.9%$114,238
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 293rd of 300111 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $103,351
- Per-capita income
- $50,669
- Full-time pay
- $50,084
Housing
- Median rent
- 297th of 300↑24.4%$2,313/mo
- Home value
- 291st of 300↑38.1%$869,300
- Property tax
- $5,862/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 8.80%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 225th of 3005.2%
- Bachelor's+
- 103rd of 30037.6%
- Avg commute
- 227th of 30026.7 min
People
- Population
- 835,427
- Population change
- -1.3%
- Median age
- 40.2 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 23.4%
- Broadband
- 95.4%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 198th of 30050
- Natural-hazard loss
- 281st of 300$37/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 225th of 30021%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 10.7%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
Watch-outs
- – Cost of living
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Job market
- – Commute
- – Hazard safety
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — camarillo ap.
What jobs pay in Oxnard
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $266,740
- Lawyers
- $185,520
- Financial managers
- $169,900
- Pharmacists
- $160,430
- Software developers
- $159,430
- Registered nurses
- $131,160
- Police officers
- $119,640
- Secondary school teachers
- $108,850
- Civil engineers
- $108,820
- General & operations managers
- $103,870
- Elementary school teachers
- $99,420
- Accountants & auditors
- $90,340
- Carpenters
- $74,060
- Electricians
- $64,840
- Plumbers
- $62,300
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $59,120
- Construction laborers
- $58,950
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $54,570
- Customer service reps
- $49,190
- Janitors
- $41,590
- Retail salespersons
- $36,880
- Cashiers
- $36,150
- Waiters & waitresses
- $34,910
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Oxnard metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in California are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Washington679
- North Carolina548
- Texas472
- Hawaii437
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Oxnard metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Oxnard metro?
- Median gross rent across the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area is $2,313 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Oxnard.
- What is the median household income in the Oxnard metro?
- A typical household in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area earns $114,238 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Oxnard expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area runs about 11% above the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are higher than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Oxnard metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $103,351 (versus its face value of $114,238). CityLedger rates the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area comfortably affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Oxnard metro?
- The median home value across the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area is $869,300 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Oxnard metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA Metro Area is 5.2% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).