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Thousand Oaks, CA
124,229 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 0678582 · Census profile · mayors: being verified · the council picks the mayor (14 of 20 years on record)
Overall in 2023, Thousand Oaks ranked #173 of 340 cities and 13th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Thousand Oaks and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Simi Valley CA, Carlsbad CA, Naperville IL, Irvine CA, Santa Clarita CA, Elk Grove CA, Centennial CO, Rancho Cucamonga CA, Cary NC, Sugar Land TX, Fremont CA, San Mateo CA, Orange CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #173 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #138 | #237 | #141 | #185 | #124 | #76 | #117 | #237 | #185 | #95 | #197 | #278 | #149 | #305 | #200 | #126 | #280 | #115 | #173 | #125 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 122,689 | 123,204 | 123,375 | 124,247 | 125,499 | 126,732 | 127,325 | 127,657 | 128,224 | 128,636 | 128,632 | 128,480 | 128,229 | 127,279 | 126,813 | 126,814 | 126,075 | 124,728 | 124,074 | 124,229 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #204 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | -1.4 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 | — | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.1 | -0.6 | -1.1 | -0.9 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #251 of 271 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | — | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #162 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 19.2% | 20.9% | 21.7% | 20.6% | 19.4% | 23.7% | 20.5% | 25.6% | 21.8% | 22.1% | 20.0% | 24.2% | 24.0% | 25.6% | 23.1% | — | 23.9% | 22.4% | 23.6% | 24.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #74 of 304 cities with data · 9th of 11 in its peer group with data | 1.6 | — | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | — | — | 0.8 | — | — | 1.6 | 11.0 | — | 0.8 | — | 0.8 | 4.0 | 2.4 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #11 of 295 cities with data · 4th of 12 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.0 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 62,880 | 62,106 | 62,733 | 60,713 | 58,131 | 58,703 | 58,154 | 59,045 | 61,399 | 63,288 | 63,785 | 63,997 | 63,860 | 63,007 | 63,841 | 60,678 | 59,290 | 63,576 | 66,959 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #20 of 329 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -2.5 | -1.3 | +0.8 | -2.5 | -0.9 | +1.6 | -1.2 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +1.7 | +0.5 | -1.1 | -1.0 | -3.1 | +1.5 | +0.2 | -1.8 | +0.8 | +4.1 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 59,718 | 59,998 | 64,283 | 63,512 | 63,727 | 64,674 | 64,465 | 63,109 | 62,285 | — | 59,189 | 62,212 | 63,078 | 62,406 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #145 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10.2% | 10.9% | 8.4% | 8.6% | 6.9% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 3.7% | 3.1% | — | 6.2% | 4.6% | 5.9% | 4.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #260 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 11 in its peer group with data | 22% | 28% | 11% | 17% | 13% | 5% | 9% | 15% | 7% | — | — | — | 1% | — | — | — | — | -10% | — | 3% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #12 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 11 in its peer group with data | $2,266 | $2,513 | $2,131 | $2,015 | $1,850 | $1,718 | $1,571 | $1,426 | $1,159 | — | — | — | $740 | — | — | — | — | $328 | — | $213 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Thousand Oaks. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.