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How Camarillo's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
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Your $100,000 in Camarillo has the same purchasing power as $73,206 in the average US city. You'd need $26,794 more here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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Camarillo has a handful of real selling points, and they're not the kind of thing you find in a brochure. Solidly above-average earnings and a genuinely mild climate are the headliners, plus 6 more things worth knowing. The rest is below.
The typical household in Camarillo pulls in $105,141 — comfortably above the US median. Combined with the cost of living here, the income-to-expense ratio works out better than a quick look at either number in isolation would suggest.
Camarillo's climate sits in the rare US sweet spot — summer averages around 77°F, winter averages around 45°F. You get four seasons without paying the heating bills of the Upper Midwest or the AC bills of the Sun Belt.
The reported crime rate in Camarillo runs about 1,342 per 100,000 residents — meaningfully below the national norm. People who care about safety as a baseline rather than a feature tend to land in cities with numbers like these.
With a citywide Walk Score of 67/100, Camarillo sits firmly in the walkable-by-US-standards camp. Pick a central neighborhood and most daily errands happen without keys in your hand.
Bike Score of 64/100 in Camarillo. That puts it in the small group of US cities where you can do groceries, commute, and run errands on a bike without it being a feat of urban survival.
Average AQI in Camarillo comes in around 38, well into the "good" band. Clean air isn't a thing you appreciate until you've lived somewhere it wasn't — and this is the side of that line you want to be on.
Average commute time in Camarillo runs around 23 minutes one-way — short enough that it doesn't restructure your day. Compared to the 45-plus-minute commutes that are normal in major metros, the difference adds up to a real lifestyle gap.
Camarillo has a college-educated share of about 43% among adults 25+, which is higher than the national norm. It shows up in the local job mix, in the school district's reputation, and in the kind of conversations you have at the coffee shop.
Reasons are pulled from Camarillo's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
Not really a snow town. With winters averaging 45°F, Camarillo sits in the mild-cold band where snowflakes appear occasionally and everything melts within a day. Most years see one storm worth talking about.
Cool, not cold. Winters in Camarillo sit around 45°F — sweater-and-jacket weather most days, with the occasional cold front that reminds you it's still winter.
Warm without being brutal. Summer in Camarillo sits about 77°F on average. Afternoons can push into the high 80s, but mornings and evenings are usually genuinely pleasant.
Camarillo falls in roughly USDA Zone 9. The zone classification is based on average annual minimum temperatures, so it's the right lookup for whether perennials and trees will overwinter here. Note that this is approximate from our winter-temperature data — check the USDA map for the exact zone before betting an expensive plant on it.
Around 161 feet (49 m) above sea level — flat enough that nothing about Camarillo's altitude shows up in daily life.
The headline number is reassuring. Camarillo's reported incident rate of about 1,342 per 100,000 is comfortably below the US norm of around 3,500 per 100k. Specific neighborhoods always vary, but the broader picture is on the safer side.
Significantly. Camarillo's index of 137 puts it in the top tier of US cities for cost of living — roughly 37% above the national baseline. The pattern is familiar: housing eats a large share of incomes, and people earning median-equivalent jobs from cheaper metros feel the difference fast.
In parts, yes. With a citywide Walk Score of 67/100, Camarillo has genuinely walkable neighborhoods alongside more sprawled stretches. If walkability matters to you, the neighborhood choice will matter more than the city-level number.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $95,620 to live in Camarillo the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in Camarillo runs about $2,483/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.