Best PlacesDowntown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks ranks 3,100th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks' strengths and weaknesses
Where Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 246 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Short commute20.3 minutes each way, better than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,601 a month, better than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks
A household needs to earn about $198,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $86,978, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks' effective rate of 0.89%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks.
Who works in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, and how
Work in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of neighborhoods. The coast is about 17 minutes away. That concentrates in some parts of Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks, month by month
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks sees roughly 246 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 44. Every month averages in that range.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 56° | 44° |
| April | 73° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 80° | 69° | 61° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 54° |
Flying in and out of Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks
Bob Hope sits about 30 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.1 million passengers in 2025, with 54 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks
Schools across Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks average a C+, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- Colina MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Westlake HighA · 67% proficient
- Thousand Oaks HighA− · 65% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks
Is Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks ranks 3,100th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on the weather, few empty homes, and big-city access, and lowest on noise and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $747,735. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $86,978 median income, cost of living beats 31% of neighborhoods.
Is Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks safe?
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks is safer than 40% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $586 per resident a year.
Compare Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Downtown Thousand Oaks, Thousand Oaks detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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