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Mission Canyon is a small town of 2,357 people in Santa Barbara County, California. It's about 34 miles from Oxnard, CA and 80 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 66°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $4k a month.
2,357people
$2.0MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
80° / 66°Summer / winter
0"Snow
330Sunny days
41Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,357
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,303 people per sq mi
- 80 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 34 mi to Oxnard, CA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $208k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 66°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 330 sunny days a year (198 totally clear)
- 35 cloudy days a year
- 19 of 90 winter days are gray
- 41 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 9 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- About average violent crime (417 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,224 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 28% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 69% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 7 mi to SBA airport
- 79 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1958
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 656 ft
- 4 mi to the ocean
- 176 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 102 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 11 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 310 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 53 bars within 25 mi
- 100 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 3 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 25 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 33% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Santa Barbara County: D+27 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Low winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk