Oxnard, California Short-Term Rental Market
Oxnard, CA area rentals averaged $344 nightly at 70% occupancy in June 2026, well above the city's 100-night annual cap.
Quick Answer: Oxnard, California is an active short-term rental market. average occupancy in the Ventura/Oxnard market area is 70%. average monthly revenue in the Ventura/Oxnard market area is $6,242. average daily rate in the Ventura/Oxnard market area is $344. the top operator in the Ventura/Oxnard market area is SunnyDays with 94 listings. market score is 62/100 (grade C).
Market data reflects the Ventura/Oxnard regional market, which includes Oxnard. Regulations, taxes, and permit details below are specific to Oxnard.
Market Score Breakdown
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Market Overview
Oxnard, CA is a Southern California coastal city of 200,616 residents in Ventura County, drawing beach, boating, and outdoor visitors to seven miles of white-sand beaches and Channel Islands Harbor, home to more than 2,500 boat slips. Oxnard is the closest mainland gateway to Channel Islands National Park, with island boats departing directly from the harbor, and drew an estimated 775,000 visitors, positioning it as a lower-cost alternative to nearby Santa Barbara and Malibu. Watersports enthusiasts, including surfers, kayakers, and whale watchers, add to the visitor mix, alongside the annual California Strawberry Festival each May, which reflects the area’s agricultural heritage and draws large seasonal crowds.
Listing-level inventory counts, bedroom mix, and market-score benchmarks are tracked at a shared regional level across Ventura County rather than uniquely for Oxnard, so this profile omits those figures rather than present regional numbers as city-specific. All occupancy, rate, and revenue figures below describe the Oxnard, CA area STR market rather than the city in strict isolation.
In the most recent month of data (June 2026), the Oxnard area STR market posted an average daily rate of $343.64 and average occupancy of 69.99%, one of the higher occupancy rates in this data set. Average monthly revenue per listing was $6,242, with entire-place listings averaging $6,889 a month, close to standalone houses at $6,760, both well ahead of the $3,849 average for apartment-style listings.
Year over year, occupancy rose 1.4 percentage points and revenue per listing climbed 7.3%, even as average daily rate slipped 2.3%. That combination of rising occupancy and revenue alongside a softer rate suggests operators may have priced more competitively to capture additional bookings.
Seasonal Patterns
| Month | Occupancy |
|---|---|
| Jan | 53% |
| Feb | 62% |
| Mar | 64% |
| Apr | 62% |
| May | 62% |
| Jun | 70% |
| Jul | 73% |
| Aug | 69% |
| Sep | 59% |
| Oct | 58% |
| Nov | 58% |
| Dec | 57% |
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Top Short-Term Rental Operators in Ventura/Oxnard market area
Ranked by total active listings. Useful for understanding the competitive landscape. Operator data is published for the Ventura/Oxnard market as a whole, which includes Oxnard, so these counts are not Oxnard-only figures.
| # | Operator | Listings | Reviews | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SunnyDays | 94 | 1,930 | ★ 4.67 |
| 2 | Remax Gold Coast | 47 | 2,488 | ★ 4.80 |
| 3 | Evolve | 24 | 814 | ★ 4.66 |
| 4 | Vacasa | 23 | 1,729 | ★ 4.54 |
| 5 | 5star West Beach Properties | 22 | 1,881 | ★ 4.92 |
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Booking Channel Mix
Distribution of bookings across major STR platforms.
| Channel | Share |
|---|---|
| airbnb | 52.6% |
| vrbo | 5.8% |
| both | 41.5% |
Home Value Trends (Oxnard)
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Booking Insights
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Short-Term Rental Regulations
Short-term rentals are legal in Oxnard but tightly regulated citywide, under rules effective December 17, 2020. Every operator must obtain a Short-Term Rental permit and a City Business License, and must collect and remit the city’s 10% Transient Occupancy Tax. The city distinguishes two categories: a Homeshare, the owner’s primary residence with the owner physically present, which must annually prove a homeowner’s exemption and owner-occupancy, and a Vacation Rental, where the owner is not present.
Vacation rentals are capped at a maximum of 100 rental nights per calendar year and require a designated property manager available at all times while rented, plus a nuisance response plan. Homeshares are not subject to that 100-night cap. The permit application requires roughly six documents, including a land-use application, owner affidavit, floor and site plan, and nuisance response plan, and carries an application fee of about $1,595. Permits run for a maximum one-year term and must be renewed annually; renewals in good standing are generally granted.
Supply is capped at the neighborhood level: vacation-rental permits are limited to 5% of units per general-plan neighborhood, roughly 10% in the beachfront and coastal zone, and no new permit is allowed within 200 feet of an existing permitted STR. Investors should expect limited permit availability in beach neighborhoods specifically, and should independently verify whether a given property could qualify as an owner-occupied Homeshare before assuming the 100-night Vacation Rental cap will not bind. Enforcement is rated moderate.
Market Comparison
The Oxnard area’s 69.99% average occupancy in the latest month runs well above the roughly 55% median occupancy typically seen across the broader US short-term rental market, and its $343.64 average daily rate sits well above the roughly $220 national median, reflecting a premium Southern California beach destination.
Property manager rankings and total listing counts for this market are tracked at a shared regional level across Ventura County rather than distinctly for Oxnard, so this profile omits a market-specific operator breakdown rather than present shared data as city-specific. Investors evaluating an Oxnard-area property should request current, address-specific management proposals rather than rely on any regional operator ranking, and should factor the city’s 100-night Vacation Rental cap and limited permit availability into any comparison against less-regulated nearby markets. A property just outside Oxnard’s city limits, in unincorporated Ventura County or a neighboring city with different rules, could face a meaningfully different regulatory picture despite sharing this market’s tracked performance data.
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