Thousand Oaks

Population & Demographics

Thousand Oaks, CA

Thousand Oaks is home to 125,205 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 56,762 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
125,205
people
Population

125,205 residents

Median age 44.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Thousand Oaks population & demographics

Who lives in Thousand Oaks — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
125,205
Median age
44.9yrs
Median household income
$135,603
Median home value
$991,600
Median gross rent
$2,664/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
51.4%
Poverty rate
8.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Thousand Oaks

How Thousand Oaks breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White62.3%
Hispanic or Latino20.6%
Asian8.7%
Two or more races5.3%
Black1.8%
Some other race1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Thousand Oaks

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Thousand Oaks.

Thousand Oaks at a glance
Employed Residents
56,762
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
30.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
25.7%
Share working within the area
Work from home
24.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Thousand Oaks proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Thousand Oaks commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

58 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Thousand Oaks

56,762 commutes, one dot at a time

Thousand Oaks

Where 56,762 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Thousand Oaks, by worker count.

1Thousand Oaks0.0 mi14,577
2Los Angeles30.0 mi10,328
3Burbank31.8 mi2,230
4Camarillo8.8 mi2,140
5Simi Valley9.9 mi1,807
6Westlake Village5.0 mi1,714
7San Buenaventura (Ventura)20.5 mi1,269
8Agoura Hills7.2 mi1,159

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Thousand Oaks.

1Thousand Oaks0.0 mi14,577
2Los Angeles30.0 mi10,041
3Simi Valley9.9 mi5,702
4Camarillo8.8 mi3,432
5Oxnard17.2 mi3,056
6Moorpark6.3 mi2,422
7San Buenaventura (Ventura)20.5 mi1,523
8Agoura Hills7.2 mi984

Top industries

The sectors that employ Thousand Oaks’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance14.8%
RTRetail Trade9.7%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises8.9%
EDEducational Services8.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.5%
FIFinance and Insurance6.4%
MFManufacturing5.9%
COConstruction5.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Thousand Oaks

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps99%
5 Gbps99%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Thousand Oaks

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