Work & commute in Thousand Oaks, CA
About one in 4 of Thousand Oaks’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Los Angeles (18%), Camarillo (4%) and Simi Valley (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.
Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute timesWho leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 37,030 Thousand Oaks residents head out of town to work, 13,200 work right here, and 47,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thousand Oaks.
Where Thousand Oaks goes to work
Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.
How far Thousand Oaks commutes
Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Thousand Oaks is balanced between jobs and homes
About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).
What the jobs in Thousand Oaks are
60,830 jobs are based in Thousand Oaks. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thousand Oaks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Jobs based in Thousand Oaks
Jobs Thousand Oaks residents hold
Jobs based in Thousand Oaks, 2013 → 2023: 55,918 → 60,830. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
How to read this page
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.