California · Census place 0678582

Thousand Oaks, California

Thousand Oaks is a city in Ventura County, California with an estimated 124,229 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 49th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
124,229
#49 of 468 in California
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-2,585 people
Land area
55.3 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
2,248 / sq mi
State median 3,725
Orange pin: Thousand Oaks. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Sacramento.

Thousand Oaks population, 2020 to 2024

Thousand Oaks lost 2,585 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +155. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 282nd; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Thousand Oaks is 3.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 126,954. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Thousand Oaks covers 55.26 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 2,248 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Thousand Oaks is less dense than the typical town.

What county Thousand Oaks is in

All of Thousand Oaks's residents live in Ventura County, which had 835,427 residents in 2024. Thousand Oaks holds 14.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Thousand Oaks

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Thousand Oaks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 91320, 91360, 91361, 91362. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Thousand Oaks is

The Census internal point of Thousand Oaks is at 34.193300, -118.874200. Sacramento, the capital, is 336.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Simi Valley, CA (125,778 people), 8.8 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 238 m (781 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
34.193300, -118.874200
DMS
34°11'35.88"N 118°52'27.12"W
UTM
11N 327303.3E 3785176.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
856354VG+88
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles

Daylight in Thousand Oaks

At 34.19° N, Thousand Oaks gets about 14 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 34 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Thousand Oaks daylight page.

Places near Thousand Oaks

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Westlake Village, 5.1 miles away, with 7,593 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Thousand Oaks, CA?

124,229 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,585 (2.0%) from 126,814 in July 2020.

What county is Thousand Oaks in?

Ventura County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Thousand Oaks?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 91320, 91360, 91361, 91362.

How far is Thousand Oaks from Sacramento?

336.1 miles (540.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Thousand Oaks.

What is the nearest larger city to Thousand Oaks?

Simi Valley, CA, with 125,778 residents, 8.8 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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