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City in California, United States
1964Established
126,966Population
55.3 sq miArea
886 ftElevation

Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, located in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles. Approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the city of Los Angeles and 40 miles (64 km) from Downtown Los Angeles, it is named after the many oak trees present in the area. The city forms the central populated core of the Conejo Valley. Thousand Oaks was incorporated in 1964 and has since expanded to the west and east. Two-thirds of the master-planned community surrounding Westlake and most of Newbury Park were annexed by the city during the late 1960s and 1970s. The Los Angeles County–Ventura County line forms the city's eastern border with the city of Westlake Village.…

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ZIP code91358, 91360, 91362
Area code805
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Housing in Thousand Oaks

$1.04M▲ 1.6% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Thousand Oaks home is worth about $1,035,000, up 1.6% in a year, 35% above the California typical home.

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Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s
Days on market41
Sale-to-list98.8%
Sold in May122
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Safety in Thousand Oaks

B

Safety Grade B

Thousand Oaks reports less crime per resident than 61% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Thousand Oaks 1.3
California 4.3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Thousand Oaks 9.9
California 18.2
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade A

The public schools Thousand Oaks’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 89% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

#81Best public schoolsof 574 in CA
DistrictConejo Valley UnifiedSchools46

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