Moorpark vs Thousand Oaks

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

Moorpark 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 35,957 in Moorpark). Moorpark has the higher median household income ($149,403 vs $134,367 in Thousand Oaks). Thousand Oaks has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $852,800 in Moorpark).

Population, income & housing

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
Population	35,957	125,676
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$149,403	$134,367
Median home value	$852,800	$951,200
Median gross rent	$2,657	$2,580
Housing units	11,481	48,095
Homeownership rate	78.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
Population	36,372 → 35,957 (-1.1%)	127,873 → 125,676 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$107,820 → $149,403 (+38.6%)	$109,378 → $134,367 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $852,800 (+34.7%)	$726,100 → $951,200 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,052 → $2,657 (+29.5%)	$2,101 → $2,580 (+22.8%)

Moorpark

Population

36,37235,957

Median household income

$107,820$149,403

Median home value

$632,900$852,800

Median gross rent

$2,052$2,657

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)

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.3%
75 and over	5.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	62.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	15.5%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
Drove alone	72.6%	66.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.6%	21.2%
Other means	0.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
1-unit, detached	76.2%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	7.7%
20 or more units	3.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Moorpark	Thousand Oaks
Poverty rate	4.5%	8.0%
Average household size	3.22	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1987	1978