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City in California, United States

Oceanside

$849kMedian Home
348Sunny Days/yr
68°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 174k· Elev. 66 ftWikipedia

Oceanside is a beach city in the North County area of San Diego County, California, United States. The city had a population of 174,068 at the 2020 United States census, making it the most populous city in the North County region of San Diego. The city is a popular tourist destination, owing to its historic landmarks, beaches, and architecture.Wikipedia

About the RegionCalifornia

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median Rent
$849k
Median Home Price
Rent burden39% of income
Household Income
$87k
Median annual
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Livability

School Rating
5.7/10
Internet
Fiber
21%
Cable
99%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
348
sunny days per year
95% of the year
Avg High Temp
68°F
annual average
Humidity
76%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
84/100
Great
Temp Swing
15°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
16"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
52
Moderate AQI
07

Demographics

Population174k
Altitude66 ftabove sea level
Median Age38 yrs
College Educated34%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home13%of workforce
Poverty Rate9%

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