San Buenaventura (Ventura) vs Thousand Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of San Buenaventura (Ventura) and Thousand Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

San Buenaventura (Ventura) 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 109,900 in San Buenaventura (Ventura)). Thousand Oaks has the higher median household income ($134,367 vs $100,407 in San Buenaventura (Ventura)). Thousand Oaks has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $778,700 in San Buenaventura (Ventura)).

Population, income & housing

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
Population	109,900	125,676
Median age	41.0 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$100,407	$134,367
Median home value	$778,700	$951,200
Median gross rent	$2,101	$2,580
Housing units	44,793	48,095
Homeownership rate	55.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
Population	109,910 → 109,900 (-0.0%)	127,873 → 125,676 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$78,882 → $100,407 (+27.3%)	$109,378 → $134,367 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$570,100 → $778,700 (+36.6%)	$726,100 → $951,200 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,632 → $2,101 (+28.7%)	$2,101 → $2,580 (+22.8%)

San Buenaventura (Ventura)

Population

109,910109,900

Median household income

$78,882$100,407

Median home value

$570,100$778,700

Median gross rent

$1,632$2,101

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)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
Under 5	4.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.5%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.3%
75 and over	7.0%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	62.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
No high school diploma	8.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	17.0%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
Drove alone	73.5%	66.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.6%
Walked	1.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	14.2%	21.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
1-unit, detached	54.1%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	8.8%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Thousand Oaks
Poverty rate	10.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1973	1978