Area guide · city, Ventura County

Thousand Oaks

The Conejo Valley's civic heart, ringed by oak-dotted hills and open-space trails

Updated · Facts checked against public records; sources at the bottom of the page.

121,286residents (January 1, 2026)
17neighborhood guides
127tracts & sub-neighborhoods
91320, 91360, 91361ZIP codes
The short version

Thousand Oaks at a glance

Thousand Oaks sits at the center of the Conejo Valley and is one of Ventura County's three largest cities, after Oxnard and Simi Valley, with an estimated 121,286 residents on January 1, 2026 (California Department of Finance). Voters approved cityhood and chose the name over "Conejo" on September 29, 1964, and incorporation followed on October 7. The city covers about 55 square miles of valley floor, oak-covered foothills and rocky ridges, and more than 15,000 acres of it are set aside as open space.

Newbury Park on the west side and the Westlake and North Ranch areas on the east have their own sections in this guide. This one covers the rest of the city: the 1950s-to-1970s tracts of central Thousand Oaks, Wildwood in the northwest, Mountclef Village beside California Lutheran University, Sunset Hills, Oakbrook and Lang Ranch to the north and northeast, and Los Robles south of the 101. Two county pockets, Lynn Ranch and Rolling Oaks, have Thousand Oaks addresses but sit outside city limits.

Daily life runs through a few shared institutions. These are Conejo Valley Unified schools, Conejo Recreation and Park District parks, the open-space agency's trails, the Thousand Oaks Library, and the Civic Arts Plaza, which houses City Hall and the Bank of America Performing Arts Center. The Ventura County Sheriff's Office polices the city under contract, and the Ventura County Fire Department answers fire and medical calls. The 101 and 23 freeways meet near downtown, and The Oaks, Janss Marketplace and California Lutheran University anchor shopping and campus life.

What it iscity · Ventura County
IncorporatedOctober 7, 1964 (cityhood and the name Thousand Oaks approved by voters on September 29, 1964)
Population121,286 (January 1, 2026, California Department of Finance, E-1 City/County Population Estimates (May 2026). The estimate was 122,688 a year earlier, and E-1H counts 48,552 housing units in the city on January 1, 2026. The 2020 Census count was 126,966.)
ZIP codes91320, 91360, 91361, 91362
Land area55.4 sq mi
ElevationAbout 886 ft at the city's USGS reference point. Terrain runs from roughly 500 ft in the northwest up to 2,403-ft Simi Peak on the Simi Hills edge.
GovernmentCity of Thousand Oaks (council-manager government). The council sets policy, adopts a two-year budget and appoints the City Manager and City Attorney. Lynn Ranch and Rolling Oaks are unincorporated, so Ventura County handles land use there. Their residents vote for county supervisor but not for City Council.
School districtsConejo Valley Unified School District
High schoolsThousand Oaks High School, Westlake High School, Newbury Park High School, Conejo Valley High School (continuation), Century Academy (grades 6-12)
Neighborhoods17 with their own guide (list)
Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods of Thousand Oaks

17 neighborhoods and 127 tracts inside them, each with its own guide.

Pins mark each neighborhood's approximate center, not its boundary. Tap a pin for its guide. The dashed line is the Census Bureau boundary of City of Thousand Oaks.

Central Thousand Oaks

Central Thousand Oaks is the city's older core on both sides of Moorpark Road, from Hillcrest Drive north to around Avenida de las Flores.

27 tractsSome gatesBuilt 1956–2017

Conejo Oaks

Conejo Oaks is a central Thousand Oaks neighborhood of about 560 single-family homes between Hillcrest Drive and Janss Road, west of Erbes Road.

10 tractsBuilt 1920–1965

Conejo Village (Eichler Homes)

Thousand Oaks' Eichler neighborhood is a small group of about 103 single-story mid-century modern houses just east of Lynn Road, on Fordham, Campbell…

2 tractsBuilt 1964–1967

Greenwich Village

Greenwich Village is a central Thousand Oaks neighborhood just east of Moorpark Road, laid out along East Hillcrest Drive between Thousand Oaks…

1 tractBuilt 1924–1980s

Kevington

Kevington is a hillside neighborhood in east-central Thousand Oaks, east of Erbes Road and north of Hillcrest Drive, on streets such as Sapra Street…

4 tractsBuilt 1964–1970s

Lang Ranch

Lang Ranch fills the northeast corner of Thousand Oaks, from Erbes Road east to the Lang Ranch and Woodridge open spaces, mostly north of Avenida de…

11 tractsSome gatesBuilt 1975–2003

Los Robles

Los Robles is the group of four tracts at the south end of Moorpark Road and along Los Padres Drive in Thousand Oaks (ZIP 91361), between the…

4 tractsSome gatesBuilt 1965–1990

Lynn Ranch

Lynn Ranch is an unincorporated pocket of Ventura County surrounded by Thousand Oaks, west of Lynn Road and north of Hillcrest Drive.

12 tractsBuilt 1957–1990

Lynnmere

Lynnmere is a hillside neighborhood of about 265 single-family homes along Lynnmere Drive in northwest Thousand Oaks, where Janss Road ends west of…

4 tractsSome gatesBuilt 1983–1990

Mountclef Village

Mountclef Village is the Thousand Oaks neighborhood beside California Lutheran University.

6 tractsBuilt 1962–2005

Oakbrook

Oakbrook is a neighborhood of about 1,470 homes in north-central Thousand Oaks.

8 tractsSome gatesBuilt 1969–1990

Old Meadows

Old Meadows is a 1959 neighborhood of about 220 single-family homes in east-central Thousand Oaks.

3 tractsBuilt 1959–1996

Rolling Oaks

Rolling Oaks is a pocket of unincorporated Ventura County surrounded by Thousand Oaks, with large-lot homes on the hillside just south of the Ventura…

Built 1956

Shadow Oaks

Shadow Oaks is a neighborhood of about 650 early-1960s homes in central Thousand Oaks, west of Moorpark Road and south of Janss Road.

7 tractsBuilt 1962–1977

Sunset Hills

Sunset Hills is a hillside neighborhood of about 1,850 homes in northern Thousand Oaks, spread along Olsen Road and Sunset Hills Boulevard from…

13 tractsBuilt 1965–2002

Waverly Heights

Waverly Heights is a neighborhood of about 250 single-family houses in central Thousand Oaks, in the corner east of Moorpark Road and north of Janss…

6 tractsBuilt 1957–1960s

Wildwood

Wildwood is the northwest corner of Thousand Oaks, laid out along Avenida de los Arboles between Lynn Road and Wildwood Regional Park.

9 tractsBuilt 1967–1999

This section covers the City of Thousand Oaks except Newbury Park on the west side and the Westlake and North Ranch neighborhoods on the east side, which have their own pages. The city's eastern edge is the Los Angeles County line, and beyond it lies the separate City of Westlake Village. ZIP codes do not follow neighborhood names. Most of central and northern Thousand Oaks uses 91360. Lang Ranch, Oakbrook, Old Meadows, Kevington, Conejo Oaks and parts of Sunset Hills use 91362, a ZIP shared with the Westlake area. Los Robles and Rolling Oaks, south of the 101, use 91361, as do Westlake Village and Lake Sherwood. Newbury Park is 91320. Lynn Road is often treated as the line between Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park. Lynn Ranch, Lynnmere and the west side of Wildwood lie west of it but have Thousand Oaks 91360 addresses, so they are covered here. Lynn Ranch and Rolling Oaks are unincorporated Ventura County pockets surrounded by the city. There, the county handles planning and land use, the Sheriff patrols directly rather than under the city contract, and Ventura County Animal Services handles animal control. Residents vote for county supervisor but not for City Council. The city's council-district map (gis.toaks.gov) shows whether an address is inside the city and which district it is in.

Neighboring areas: Newbury Park Westlake Village Moorpark Oak Park

Schools

Schools serving Thousand Oaks

High schools: Thousand Oaks High School, Westlake High School, Newbury Park High School, Conejo Valley High School (continuation), Century Academy (grades 6-12)

Conejo Valley Unified (CVUSD) is the public school district for the neighborhoods in this section, including the unincorporated Lynn Ranch pocket. School assignments go by address. Check the district's Find My Assigned School map or its street index (conejousd.org) rather than relying on neighborhood names. CVUSD also runs a school-choice process and several themed elementary programs, among them Acacia Magnet School for Enriched Learning, EARThS Magnet School, Madroña Academy of the Arts and Sciences, Ladera STARS Academy and the Conejo Academy of Leadership and Language Immersion. High school programs include the Center for Advanced Studies and Research and the EThOS Entrepreneurship Academy at Thousand Oaks High, and International Baccalaureate at Newbury Park High. California Lutheran University, founded in 1959, is in the city.

School assignment goes by address: always confirm with the district's locator, or check an address against the districts' own boundary data. All districts in the region.

Living here

Services & who to call

Area-wide providers. Water, trash and some districts vary by street — confirm yours on your bill or with the provider.

City hallCity of Thousand Oaks
(805) 449-2100 · City Hall is at the Civic Arts Plaza, 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd. The city has a council-manager government.
PoliceThousand Oaks Police Department (Ventura County Sheriff's Office, by contract)
(805) 494-8200 · The station is at 2101 E. Olsen Road. The city has contracted with the Sheriff's Office for police service since its first years, and the Thousand Oaks Police Department began patrols on July 1, 1965. The unincorporated Lynn Ranch and Rolling Oaks pockets are county territory, patrolled by the Sheriff directly.
Fire and EMSVentura County Fire Department
Stations with Thousand Oaks addresses include 30 (325 W. Hillcrest Dr.), 31 (151 N. Duesenberg Dr.), 34 (2977 Mountclef Blvd., opened March 2025), 37 (2010 Upper Ranch Rd.) and 38 (555 Avenida de los Arboles, the older Arboles station, renumbered 38 in 2025). Station 39 (2500 W. Hillcrest Dr.) now houses the Arson Investigation Unit, and its engine moved to Station 38. Stations 32 (830 Reino Rd.) and 35 (751 Mitchell Rd.) serve Newbury Park.
WaterCity of Thousand Oaks (Water and Wastewater Services)
(805) 449-2201 · This municipal system serves central Thousand Oaks, according to Calleguas MWD. The city also runs wastewater service. Four retail water providers serve the city, so check the city's water purveyor map (toaks.gov) or the State Water Board's Find Your Water Provider tool for a given address.
WaterCalifornia American Water (Village District)
(888) 237-1333 · Investor-owned utility serving western Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park, per Calleguas MWD.
WaterCalifornia Water Service
(805) 497-2757 · Investor-owned utility serving the eastern areas of the city, per Calleguas MWD.
WaterCamrosa Water District
(805) 388-0226 · Public district whose main territory is eastern Camarillo and Santa Rosa Valley. The city lists it among its four water purveyors; use the city's purveyor map to see whether it serves a given address.
Water (wholesale)Calleguas Municipal Water District
(805) 526-9323 · Wholesale supplier to the retail water agencies, headquartered at 2100 Olsen Road.
Electricity (delivery)Southern California Edison
Electricity (generation)Clean Power Alliance
Community choice provider for Thousand Oaks since 2019. The city's preferred default option is 100% Green Power, and customers may choose another tier or opt out.
Natural gasSouthern California Gas Company (SoCalGas)
Trash, recycling and organicsAthens Services
(805) 852-5264 · The City Council awarded Athens an exclusive 15-year franchise on March 9, 2021. Service began January 1, 2022 and covers residential and commercial collection plus street sweeping.
Parks and recreationConejo Recreation and Park District (CRPD)
(805) 495-6471
Open space and trailsConejo Open Space Conservation Agency (COSCA)
Joint agency of the city and CRPD, formed in 1977. It has protected nearly 15,250 acres.
LibraryThousand Oaks Library
(805) 449-2660 · Grant R. Brimhall Library, 1401 E. Janss Road, plus the Newbury Park Library at 2331 Borchard Road.
Animal services (city)Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, Agoura Animal Care Center (city contract)
(818) 991-0071 · The city contracts with LA County for shelter and related services. The care center is at 29525 Agoura Road, Agoura Hills, and its phones are answered 24/7.
Animal services (unincorporated pockets)Ventura County Animal Services
(805) 388-4341 · Covers all unincorporated Ventura County, including the Lynn Ranch and Rolling Oaks pockets. The main shelter is at 600 Aviation Drive, Camarillo.
Public transitThousand Oaks Transit
Runs six local bus routes, a seasonal route to Zuma Beach and Ventura Harbor, and Dial-A-Ride for seniors and riders with disabilities. The hub is the Thousand Oaks Transportation Center at 265 S. Rancho Road.
Emergency alertsVC Alert (Ventura County)
888-772-4482 · Free county alerts in English and Spanish. Register online or at 888-772-4482. For questions, call the Ventura County Office of Emergency Services at 805-322-4676.
Civics

Who represents Thousand Oaks

Local governmentCity of Thousand Oaks (council-manager government). The council sets policy, adopts a two-year budget and appoints the City Manager and City Attorney. Lynn Ranch and Rolling Oaks are unincorporated, so Ventura County handles land use there. Their residents vote for county supervisor but not for City Council.
CouncilThe five-member City Council is moving from at-large to district seats under Ordinance 1715-NS, adopted July 18, 2023. Members as of October 2026: Mayor Mikey Taylor, Mayor Pro Tem Bob Engler and Councilmember David Newman hold at-large seats, with terms ending December 15, 2026. Al Adam (District 4) and C. Tie Gutierrez (District 5) serve terms ending December 12, 2028. Districts 1, 2 and 3 are on the November 3, 2026 ballot, which completes the switch to districts. The council picks a mayor from among its members each year. It meets on Tuesday evenings in the Scherr Forum Theatre at the Civic Arts Plaza, which also serves as the Andrew P. Fox City Council Chambers.
County supervisorVentura County Board of Supervisors, District 2: Jeff Gorell, in office since 2023 and chair of the board for 2026. Preliminary returns from the June 2, 2026 primary gave him about 54 percent, which would return him for a new term without a November runoff once results are certified.
State AssemblyAssembly District 42: Jacqui Irwin (D), who is running for Congress instead of re-election. On the November 3, 2026 ballot: Deborah Klein Lopez (D) vs. Ted Nordblum (R).
State SenateSenate District 27: Henry Stern (D).
CongressCalifornia's 26th Congressional District (lines redrawn under Proposition 50 for 2026): Julia Brownley (D), who is not seeking re-election. On the November 3, 2026 ballot: Jacqui Irwin (D) vs. Sam Gallucci (R).
Look up your addressFind your representatives

Officeholders are listed as of mid-October 2026. The November 3, 2026 general election may change some of them: Council Districts 1, 2 and 3, Assembly District 42 and Congressional District 26 are all on the ballot. Find your council district on the city's map: gis.toaks.gov. Under the 2026 district lines, this section, including unincorporated Lynn Ranch, is in Senate District 27, Assembly District 42 and Congressional District 26.

Fire & safety

Wildfire and emergency readiness

The Ventura County Fire Department protects all of Thousand Oaks, including the unincorporated pockets. Stations with Thousand Oaks addresses include 30 (W. Hillcrest Dr.), 31 (Duesenberg Dr.), 34 (Mountclef Blvd., in a new building that opened in March 2025), 37 (Upper Ranch Rd.) and 38 (Avenida de los Arboles, the older station near Moorpark Road, renumbered 38 in 2025). Many neighborhoods back onto brush-covered open space.

Hazard zones: the state rates land as Moderate, High or Very High fire hazard severity zones. On March 10, 2025, the State Fire Marshal released recommended Local Responsibility Area fire hazard severity maps for Ventura County. ABC7 reported that Thousand Oaks, Moorpark and Simi Valley had the most very-high-hazard acreage among the county's cities. The Ventura County Fire Protection District board adopted the maps as Ordinance 33 on May 20, 2025, effective July 1, 2025; State Responsibility Area zones had taken effect April 1, 2024. Look up a parcel on VCFD's 2025 Combined SRA & LRA FHSZ Map Viewer (experience.arcgis.com). If a parcel falls in more than one zone, the highest zone applies to the whole parcel.

Evacuations: Ventura County does not publish fixed neighborhood evacuation zones, so there is no zone to look up ahead of time. When an incident begins, county emergency managers and the incident commander draw evacuation areas for that event. They announce them through VC Alert and post maps and the incident dashboard on VC Emergency (emergency.venturacounty.gov). California uses standard terms. An Evacuation Warning means leave early if you need extra time or have pets or livestock. An Evacuation Order means leave now, and the area is closed. Shelter in Place means stay indoors. Sheriff's patrol cars sound a Hi-Lo siren to announce evacuation orders. The city's preparedness page links the February 2025 Tri-City Emergency Evacuation Awareness Plan, written with Moorpark and Simi Valley. Its Thousand Oaks route maps are on pages 57-61. VCFD and the Ventura County Fire Safe Council offer home wildfire assessments.

Alerts: sign up for VC Alert, which is free, at readyventuracounty.org or by phone at 888-772-4482. Landline numbers in the 911 database are already included, so registering mainly adds cell phones and email; alerts can arrive by call, text, email or TTY, in English or Spanish. Wireless Emergency Alerts also reach every phone in range with no sign-up. Apps such as Watch Duty draw on VC Emergency and on radio traffic relayed by volunteers, but county emergency managers name VC Emergency as the official source for incident information. Questions go to the county Office of Emergency Services at 805-322-4676. In red-flag weather, Southern California Edison may cut power under its Public Safety Power Shutoff program (sce.com).

Recent history: in November 2018 the Woolsey Fire spread into parts of Thousand Oaks and badly damaged the grounds of the Chumash Indian Museum at Oakbrook Regional Park.

Alerts, zones and checklists →

Around town

Parks, places & landmarks

Parks & open space

regional park / open space

Wildwood Regional Park

About 1,731 acres, the largest contiguous open-space unit in the city, mostly owned by CRPD. The park was created in 1967, when CRPD acquired Mount Clef Ridge and Wildwood Canyon from the Janss Investment Company. Paradise Falls, Lizard Rock and the Teepee Overlook are favorite destinations on more than 27 miles of trails. The main entrance is at the west end of Avenida de los Arboles.

open space

Lang Ranch Open Space

About 915 acres in the northeast corner of the city, with trailheads at the east ends of Lang Ranch Parkway and Westlake Boulevard. Trails link toward Woodridge, Sunset Hills, North Ranch, China Flats and the Cheeseboro and Palo Comado canyons.

open space

Woodridge Open Space

608 acres of sage scrub, chaparral and oak woodland north of Lang Ranch, with trails that connect to Wood Ranch in Simi Valley.

open space

Sunset Hills Open Space

About 410 acres woven through the Sunset Hills neighborhood. Its ridge unit off Erbes Road looks out over Bard Reservoir.

open space

Mt. Clef Ridge Open Space

217 acres running from the Norwegian Grade (Moorpark Road) west to Wildwood Park. It is habitat for the rare Lyon's pentachaeta and Conejo dudleya.

open space

Los Robles Open Space

358 acres along the valley's southern ridge. The main trailhead is at the south end of Moorpark Road, beside the city-owned Los Robles golf course.

regional park / cultural site

Oakbrook Regional Park and Chumash Indian Museum

About 430 acres along Lang Creek, owned by the Conejo Recreation and Park District, at 3290 Lang Ranch Pkwy. It is the site of the Chumash village of Sap'wi, an archaeological zone since 1971, Ventura County Historical Landmark No. 90 (1983) and Thousand Oaks Landmark No. 5. The museum, run by a nonprofit, opened in 1994.

open space

Tarantula Hill (Dawn's Peak) and Tarantula Hill Open Space

A short, steep climb to a 1,057-foot summit with views over central Thousand Oaks.

open space

Old Meadows Open Space

A 48-acre knoll beside Old Meadows Park.

open space

Lynnmere Open Space

114 acres of ridges linking to Wildwood Park.

community park

Conejo Community Park

At Hendrix and Dover avenues (1175 Hendrix Ave.). It also gives access to the Conejo Valley Botanic Garden.

community park

Thousand Oaks Community Park

2525 N. Moorpark Road.

community parks

Conejo Creek North and South Parks

Along Conejo Creek on East Janss Road.

community park

Sapwi Trails Community Park

2225 N. Westlake Blvd., near Lang Ranch.

national recreation area

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

About 869 acres of the national recreation area lie within the Thousand Oaks Planning Area, at the southern edge of Newbury Park around Rancho Sierra Vista/Satwiwa.

Landmarks, shopping & dining

civic / performing arts

Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza

Opened in 1994 on the former Jungleland site. It holds City Hall and the Bank of America Performing Arts Center, which includes the 1,800-seat Fred Kavli Theatre and the 394-seat Scherr Forum, the room that doubles as council chambers.

shopping center

The Oaks

Opened in 1978; often described as the largest shopping mall in Ventura County.

shopping center

Janss Marketplace

The city's first shopping center, opened in September 1961 as Village Lane. This open-air center is home to the Conejo Valley Art Museum.

shopping and dining

The Lakes at Thousand Oaks

Next to the Civic Arts Plaza on Thousand Oaks Boulevard.

university

California Lutheran University

Private university founded in 1959 as California Lutheran College, on Olsen Road.

museum / cultural site

Chumash Indian Museum

Chumash interpretive center inside Oakbrook Regional Park, at 3290 Lang Ranch Pkwy, founded in 1994.

garden

Gardens of the World

A 4.5-acre garden with international themes, opened in 2001 across Thousand Oaks Boulevard from the Civic Arts Plaza.

garden

Conejo Valley Botanic Garden

About 33 acres of hillside gardens, opened in 1976. The main entrance is at 400 W. Gainsborough Road, and it can also be reached from Conejo Community Park.

museum / historic site

Stagecoach Inn Museum

In Newbury Park. The 1876 Grand Union Hotel is California Historical Landmark No. 659. It was moved in 1966, burned in 1970 and reopened as a reconstruction in 1976.

arts venue

Hillcrest Center for the Arts

Home stage for several community theater groups.

library

Grant R. Brimhall Library

Main library of the Thousand Oaks Library system, 1401 E. Janss Road.

auto dealerships

Thousand Oaks Auto Mall

Six of its streets are named for luxury car brands.

hospital

Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center

golf course

Sunset Hills Country Club

At the north end of the Sunset Hills neighborhood near Erbes and Olsen roads.

golf course

Los Robles golf course

City-owned course south of the 101 at the end of Moorpark Road.

major employer

Amgen headquarters

The biotech company was founded in Newbury Park in 1980 and has its headquarters on the city's west side. It is often described as the largest employer in the Conejo Valley.

Background

History & getting around

  1. Thousands of years agoChumash people live in the valley. Their villages include Sap'wi (today's Oakbrook Regional Park), Šihaw (where Lang Ranch sits) and Yitimasɨh (the site of Wildwood Elementary School).
  2. 1542Spanish explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo lands at Point Mugu and claims the region for Spain.
  3. 1803Rancho El Conejo, about 48,671 acres including the Conejo Valley, is granted to José Polanco and Ignacio Rodríguez.
  4. 1875Egbert Starr Newbury opens the valley's first post office, and the settlement becomes a stop on the coast stage route.
  5. 1876The Grand Union Hotel, today's Stagecoach Inn, is built for stage travelers.
  6. 1911Norwegian settlers complete the Norwegian Grade, a road down to the Santa Rosa Valley.
  7. Early 1900sThe Janss family buys about 10,000 acres of Conejo farmland and begins planning a "total community."
  8. 1926-1927Louis Goebel opens his Lion Farm on land now occupied by the Civic Arts Plaza. It later becomes Jungleland USA and closes in 1969.
  9. 1959-1961California Lutheran College is founded, and Village Lane (now Janss Marketplace), the town's first shopping center, opens in September 1961.
  10. 1962The Conejo Recreation and Park District is formed.
  11. 1964On September 29 voters approve cityhood and pick the name Thousand Oaks over Conejo, with about 87 percent backing the name. The city incorporates on October 7 with nearly 20,000 residents on about 14.3 square miles.
  12. 1964-1967Eichler Homes builds about 100 modernist houses, marketed as Conejo Village.
  13. 1965The Thousand Oaks Police Department begins patrols on July 1, staffed under contract by the Ventura County Sheriff.
  14. 1967The park district acquires Mount Clef Ridge and Wildwood Canyon from the Janss Investment Company, creating Wildwood Park.
  15. 1968 and 1972Thousand Oaks annexes the Ventura County side of the Westlake master-planned community, about 8,544 acres.
  16. 1971The Oakbrook area becomes a designated archaeological zone after nearly 20 caves are found.
  17. 1973North Ranch is annexed in January.
  18. 1977The city and the park district form the Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency.
  19. 1978The Oaks shopping center opens.
  20. 1980Amgen is founded in Newbury Park.
  21. 1983The Oakbrook archaeological site becomes Ventura County Historical Landmark No. 90.
  22. 1994The Civic Arts Plaza opens on the former Jungleland site, and the Chumash Indian Museum opens at Oakbrook Regional Park.
  23. 2018On November 7 a gunman kills 12 people at the Borderline Bar and Grill. Within days the Woolsey Fire spreads into parts of the city and damages Oakbrook Regional Park.
  24. 2019Clean Power Alliance begins supplying electricity to Thousand Oaks customers.
  25. 2022Athens Services takes over citywide trash, recycling and street sweeping on January 1.
  26. 2023The council adopts by-district elections (Ordinance 1715-NS, July 18).
  27. 2024Districts 4 and 5 hold the city's first district council elections.
  28. 2025New Local Responsibility Area fire hazard maps for the city take effect July 1, after county fire district adoption in May.
  29. 2026The state estimates 121,286 residents as of January 1. Council Districts 1, 2 and 3 are on the November 3 ballot.

Getting around

US 101 (the Ventura Freeway) crosses the city east to west and meets State Route 23 near downtown. SR 23 heads north to Moorpark and Simi Valley. Downtown Los Angeles is about 40 miles southeast. Thousand Oaks Transit runs six local routes, a seasonal route to Zuma Beach and Ventura Harbor, and Dial-A-Ride. Its hub is the Thousand Oaks Transportation Center at 265 S. Rancho Road, which doubles as a park-and-ride; the other city lots are at Janss Road and the 23, and at Borchard Road and the 101. The city's regional-transit page points riders to VCTC Intercity buses, LADOT Commuter Express 422 and 423, and Metro Line 161. Metrolink's Ventura County Line and Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner stop in nearby Moorpark, Simi Valley and Camarillo. The nearest commercial airports are Hollywood Burbank and LAX, and Camarillo Airport serves general aviation.

HOAs here

Thousand Oaks mixes older tracts with no active association and newer planned communities run by homeowners associations. The city keeps an HOA map that also reaches some neighboring unincorporated areas. It lists 191 neighborhood associations (some marked disbanded or inactive), eight master associations and nine mobile-home parks, with each one's tract numbers and management company.

Several early central-city associations appear there as disbanded: Central Thousand Oaks, Conejo Oaks, Sunset Hills, Wildwood Park and Rolling Oaks. Others are still listed. These include a resident-run Kevington HOA, the Lynnmere POA (managed by The Emmons Company) and the Lynn Ranch Property Owners Association (lynnranch.org). Older tracts such as Old Meadows, Waverly Heights, Shadow Oaks and the Eichler neighborhood have no active association.

Many townhome and condominium complexes, and many newer tracts in Oakbrook, Sunset Hills and Lang Ranch, have associations. Examples on the city map include Oakbrook Village I and II, Northwood Community Association, Eagle Ridge, Verdigris, Cobblestone, Symphony on the Hill and the Woodridge Community Association. Lang Ranch, Wildwood, Westlake North Ranch, Rancho Conejo and Dos Vientos were all built under city specific plans. Check each neighborhood page for association details.

Homes

Homes for sale in Thousand Oaks

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Sources

Where these facts come from

  1. CA Department of Finance - E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State, 2025 and 2026 — dof.ca.gov
  2. CA Department of Finance - E-1 2026 workbook (population and housing units) — dof.ca.gov
  3. City of Thousand Oaks - City Council — toaks.gov
  4. City of Thousand Oaks - District Elections — toaks.gov
  5. City of Thousand Oaks - Council district lookup map — gis.toaks.gov
  6. City of Thousand Oaks - Local History — toaks.gov
  7. City of Thousand Oaks - Water Providers — toaks.gov
  8. City of Thousand Oaks - Water Purveyors map (PDF) — toaks.gov
  9. City of Thousand Oaks - Specific Plans — toaks.gov
  10. City of Thousand Oaks - Solid Waste & Organics — toaks.gov
  11. City of Thousand Oaks - Animal Care and Control — toaks.gov
  12. City of Thousand Oaks - Emergency Management — toaks.gov
  13. City of Thousand Oaks - Emergency Preparedness (wildfire and evacuation planning) — toaks.gov
  14. Tri-Cities Emergency Evacuation Awareness Plan (Feb. 2025, PDF) — toaks.gov
  15. City of Thousand Oaks - Transit — toaks.gov
  16. City of Thousand Oaks - Regional Transportation — toaks.gov
  17. City of Thousand Oaks GIS - HOA map layer (Regular associations) — gis.toaks.gov
  18. City of Thousand Oaks GIS - HOA map service (Master, Mobilehome, Regular layers) — gis.toaks.gov
  19. Calleguas Municipal Water District - Member purveyors — calleguas.com
  20. Camrosa Water District - Contact — camrosa.com
  21. Clean Power Alliance - communities served — cleanpoweralliance.org
  22. Waste360 - Thousand Oaks awards 15-year waste contract to Athens Services (March 10, 2021) — waste360.com
  23. Ventura County Sheriff's Office - Thousand Oaks Station — sheriff.venturacounty.gov
  24. Ventura County Fire Department - Fire Stations — fire.venturacounty.gov
  25. Ventura County Fire Department - Fire Hazard Severity Zones (Ordinance 33) — fire.venturacounty.gov
  26. VCFD - 2025 Combined SRA & LRA FHSZ Map Viewer — experience.arcgis.com
  27. Ventura County Fire Department - Escape Plans & Evacuation — fire.venturacounty.gov
  28. ABC7 - What new Cal Fire maps show about hazards in Ventura County (March 12, 2025) — abc7.com
  29. Ready Ventura County - VC Alert — readyventuracounty.org
  30. VC Emergency - Frequently Asked Questions (evacuation zones) — emergency.venturacounty.gov
  31. VC Emergency - home — emergency.venturacounty.gov
  32. Southern California Edison - Public Safety Power Shutoff — sce.com
  33. Ventura County Animal Services — animalservices.venturacounty.gov
  34. Supervisor Jeff Gorell - home (2026 board chair) — supervisorgorell.venturacounty.gov
  35. Supervisor Jeff Gorell - District 2 — supervisorgorell.venturacounty.gov
  36. Wikipedia - Jeff Gorell — en.wikipedia.org
  37. VC Reporter - VC primary election results (June 2026) — vcreporter.com
  38. KCLU - June primary sets stage for congressional and Assembly races (June 3, 2026) — kclu.org
  39. Los Angeles Almanac - 2026 congressional races — laalmanac.com
  40. The Signal - Brownley won't seek reelection (Jan. 14, 2026) — signalscv.com
  41. Ballotpedia - Jacqui Irwin — ballotpedia.org
  42. Senate District 27 - district page — sd27.senate.ca.gov
  43. US Census Bureau Geocoder (geographies) — geocoding.geo.census.gov
  44. Conejo Valley Unified School District - home (Find My Assigned School) — conejousd.org
  45. Conejo Valley Unified School District - Schools — conejousd.org
  46. Conejo Valley Unified School District - Street Index — conejousd.org
  47. Conejo Open Space Conservation Agency - Open Space — conejoopenspace.gov
  48. COSCA - Wildwood Park — conejoopenspace.gov
  49. COSCA - Oakbrook Regional Park — conejoopenspace.gov
  50. COSCA - Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area — conejoopenspace.gov
  51. Conejo Recreation and Park District - Parks — crpd.org
  52. Thousand Oaks Library — tolibrary.org
  53. Wikipedia - Thousand Oaks, California — en.wikipedia.org
  54. Wikipedia - Wildwood Regional Park — en.wikipedia.org
  55. Wikipedia - Chumash Indian Museum (Oakbrook Regional Park) — en.wikipedia.org
  56. Wikipedia - Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza — en.wikipedia.org
  57. Wikipedia - Janss Marketplace — en.wikipedia.org
  58. Wikipedia - Conejo Valley Botanic Garden — en.wikipedia.org
  59. Wikipedia - Gardens of the World — en.wikipedia.org
  60. Wikipedia - Stagecoach Inn (California) — en.wikipedia.org
  61. Wikipedia - Norwegian Grade — en.wikipedia.org
  62. Wikipedia - Westlake Village, California (1968 and 1972 annexations) — en.wikipedia.org
  63. Wikipedia - Conejo Recreation and Park District — en.wikipedia.org
  64. Wikipedia - Woolsey Fire — en.wikipedia.org
  65. Wikipedia - California Lutheran University — en.wikipedia.org
  66. Conejo Valley Guide - Voters chose to incorporate the City of Thousand Oaks (1964) — conejovalleyguide.com
  67. Conejo Valley Guide - Thousand Oaks Auto Mall street names — conejovalleyguide.com
  68. Office of the State Fire Marshal - Fire Hazard Severity Zones — osfm.fire.ca.gov
  69. Ventura County Sheriff's Emergency Services - disaster preparedness presentation to the Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council (June 26, 2025) — vcportal.venturacounty.gov

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