Rents are 9% below what Oxnard's 10-year trend predicts — a better deal than its own history suggests.
Rent by unit size
These are HUD Fair Market Rents, the payment standard for a Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8). They often differ from the $2,894 market median above, and that is expected: FMR is the 40th percentile of standard-quality units and counts gross rent, so it includes essential utilities such as electricity, water, gas, sewer, and trash. The market median is asking rent, which usually excludes utilities. HUD sets FMR once a year; market rent here updates monthly.
Source: HUD Small Area Fair Market Rents. Read the methodology →
12-month history
Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in Oxnard usually run 0.7% below trend in December and 0.5% above it in March, about $35 a month apart at today's median. Based on 11 years of data.
Rent in Oxnard is 0.4% below its high of $2,905 in June 2026, at $2,894 as of September 2026.
Rent in Oxnard changed +0.3% over the year to September 2026. Across the 336 California cities Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.4%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in Oxnard rose 39.3% while median household income rose 32.1% ($72,843 to $96,212). Rent outpaced income.
Rent in Oxnard is 40.8% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
30% of the median household income ($96,212) is $2,405 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a 2-bedroom ($2,373); a 3-bedroom is $3,240.
The priciest of 4 ZIP codes in Oxnard, 93035 ($3,008/mo), costs 10% more than the cheapest, 93033 ($2,733/mo).
Santa Paula, 15 miles away, rents for 21% less ($2,288/mo), about $7,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for Oxnard. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
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Who lives here
Oxnard, CA is roughly split between renters and owners, has a large share of families with children, has a median income above the national average, 19.5% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How Oxnard, CA has changed in 5 years
Compared with 2021, rent in Oxnard, CA has increased by $667 per month, settling near $2,894 after starting the period at $2,227. On the earnings side, the typical household in Oxnard, CA now reports about $96,212, up from $83,180 in 2021. Rent outpaced income growth by roughly 14.3 percentage points, which means renters are spending a larger slice of each paycheck on housing than they did in 2021. Headcount in the area went from 202,981 to 200,928 between 2021 and 2024, a 1.0% change. For context, the 2021 to 2026 window covers an unusually volatile run for US rents nationally, and Oxnard, CA reflects that arc in its own way.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
The median rent in Oxnard is $2,894/mo as of October 2026. A studio apartment averages $1,720/mo while a 2-bedroom runs $2,373/mo. One-bedroom apartments average $1,980/mo and 3-bedroom units go for $3,240/mo.
At 36% of local median household income ($96,212/yr), Oxnard ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 0.3% over the past year.
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