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Santa Rosa Valley is a small town of 2,780 people in Ventura County, California. It's about 18 miles from Oxnard, CA and 32 miles from Los Angeles, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 66°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.7M and rent runs about $3k a month.
2,780people
$1.7MTypical home
$2,846/moRent
75° / 66°Summer / winter
0"Snow
333Sunny days
36Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,780
- Part of a metro area
- About 385 people per sq mi
- 32 mi to Los Angeles, CA
- 18 mi to Oxnard, CA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.7M (≈$11k/mo)
- Median rent $2,846/mo
- Median household income $214k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 66°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 333 sunny days a year (222 totally clear)
- 32 cloudy days a year
- 16 of 90 winter days are gray
- 36 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- Rarely hits 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (242 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (919 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 30% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 52% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 9% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 34 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to BUR airport
- 31 mi to BUR (major hub)
- 47 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 96% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1986
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 446 ft
- 14 mi to the ocean
- 171 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 56 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 49 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,211 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 44 bars within 25 mi
- 551 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 8 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 57 museums within 25 mi
- 11 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 5 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 17% of California districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 3 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ventura County: D+15 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk