Thousand Oaks is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 116,725 people and 24 constituent neighborhoods, Thousand Oaks is the 43rd largest community in California.

Thousand Oaks is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Thousand Oaks is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Thousand Oaks who work in management occupations (14.57%), office and administrative support jobs (14.25%), and sales jobs (13.72%).

Also of interest is that Thousand Oaks has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Thousand Oaks is also a city of artists. Thousand Oaks has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Thousand Oaks's character.

In addition, Thousand Oaks is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Thousand Oaks are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Thousand Oaks Information and Demographics

The education level of Thousand Oaks citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 42.22% of adults in Thousand Oaks have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Thousand Oaks in 2000 was $34,314, which is wealthy relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $137,256 for a family of four. However, Thousand Oaks contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Thousand Oaks is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Thousand Oaks home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Thousand Oaks is White, followed by Asian. Thousand Oaks also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.96% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Thousand Oaks include German, English, Irish, Italian, Polish, and Russian.

In addition, Thousand Oaks has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.56%).

The most common language spoken in Thousand Oaks is English. Some people also speak Spanish.