Camarillo vs Thousand Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Camarillo and Thousand Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

Camarillo and Thousand Oaks are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Thousand Oaks has the higher population (125,676 vs 70,244 in Camarillo). Thousand Oaks has the higher median household income ($134,367 vs $109,390 in Camarillo). Thousand Oaks has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $766,100 in Camarillo).

Population, income & housing

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
Population	70,244	125,676
Median age	41.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,390	$134,367
Median home value	$766,100	$951,200
Median gross rent	$2,650	$2,580
Housing units	27,412	48,095
Homeownership rate	64.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
Population	68,122 → 70,244 (+3.1%)	127,873 → 125,676 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$93,512 → $109,390 (+17.0%)	$109,378 → $134,367 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$602,000 → $766,100 (+27.3%)	$726,100 → $951,200 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,006 → $2,650 (+32.1%)	$2,101 → $2,580 (+22.8%)

Camarillo

Population

68,12270,244

Median household income

$93,512$109,390

Median home value

$602,000$766,100

Median gross rent

$2,006$2,650

Thousand Oaks

Population

127,873125,676

Median household income

$109,378$134,367

Median home value

$726,100$951,200

Median gross rent

$2,101$2,580

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.3%
75 and over	9.5%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	62.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	10.7%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
No high school diploma	6.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	17.5%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
Drove alone	75.1%	66.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	15.8%	21.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
1-unit, detached	57.6%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.7%
20 or more units	10.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Camarillo	Thousand Oaks
Poverty rate	7.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.66	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1982	1978