Simi Valley vs Thousand Oaks

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

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

Simi Valley has the higher population (125,769 vs 125,676 in Thousand Oaks). Thousand Oaks has the higher median household income ($134,367 vs $117,703 in Simi Valley). Thousand Oaks has the higher median home value ($951,200 vs $753,500 in Simi Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
Population	125,769	125,676
Median age	41.8 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$117,703	$134,367
Median home value	$753,500	$951,200
Median gross rent	$2,513	$2,580
Housing units	45,371	48,095
Homeownership rate	72.9%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	50.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
Population	125,842 → 125,769 (-0.1%)	127,873 → 125,676 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$99,151 → $117,703 (+18.7%)	$109,378 → $134,367 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$584,900 → $753,500 (+28.8%)	$726,100 → $951,200 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,023 → $2,513 (+24.2%)	$2,101 → $2,580 (+22.8%)

Simi Valley

Population

125,842125,769

Median household income

$99,151$117,703

Median home value

$584,900$753,500

Median gross rent

$2,023$2,513

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)

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
Under 5	4.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.3%
75 and over	7.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	62.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	10.3%	9.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.1%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	19.7%	14.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
Drove alone	71.9%	66.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.6%
Walked	0.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	17.1%	21.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
1-unit, detached	70.6%	66.6%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	6.9%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Simi Valley	Thousand Oaks
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.81	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1980	1978