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Thousand Oaks is a city in southeastern Ventura County, California, part of the Greater Los Angeles Area in the United States. Thousand Oaks is located approximately 35 miles from Downtown Los Angeles and is also less than 15 miles from the Los Angeles City Limits ( Woodland Hills). It was named after the many oak trees that graced the area, and the city seal is adorned with an oak.

The city forms the most populated part of a regional area called the Conejo Valley, which includes Thousand Oaks proper, Newbury Park, Westlake Village,Agoura Hills, and Oak Park. The Los Angeles County/Ventura County line crosses at the western city limits of Westlake Village. The population was estimated to be 128,374 in 2012,[2] up from 126,683 at the 2010 census.

Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park were part of a master planned city, created by the Janss Investment Company in the mid-1950s. It included about 1,000 custom home lots, 2,000 single-family residences, a regional shopping center, 200-acre (0.81 km2) industrial park and several neighborhood shopping centers. The median home price is around $673,000.[3] It is located in the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. In 2006, the city was named one ofMoney magazine's Best Places to Live.[4]

In 2013, a survey by the AllProudAmericans.com page places Thousand Oaks in the top 10 richest cities to live.[5]

In the 2010 Census, the percentage of households with high income: 9.7 percent. Thousand Oaks ranks 7th place (2nd in California) in the top 10 list of the wealthiest cities with over 100,000 residents. That represents an annual household income of at least $191,469.[13]

Thousand Oaks is among the safest large cities in the nation. The city consistently ranks within the top 10 safest large cities (population between 100,000 and 499,999) in the United States in annual surveys, the main competition being nearby Simi Valley.[14]

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Education

Thousand Oaks is served by the Conejo Valley Unified School District. It includes numerous elementary schools, Colina Middle School, Redwood Middle School, Los Cerritos Middle School. The high schools of the area include Thousand Oaks High School, Newbury Park High School, and Westlake High School. Also part of the school district are Sycamore Canyon Middle School and Sequoia Middle School, located in Newbury Park. Oaks Christian High School, while located immediately outside of Ventura County, matriculates numerous students from the county. La Reina High School is a private Roman Catholic, all-girls junior/senior high school. California Lutheran University is located in Thousand Oaks.

The Thousand Oaks Library system is consistently ranked as one of the best public libraries in California.[21] The library consists of the Grant R. Brimhall Library in Thousand Oaks and the Newbury Park Branch Library in Newbury Park.[22] A 22,000-square-foot (2,000 m2) children's library was added to the existing 62,000-square-foot (5,800 m2) main building in June 2006. The children's library expansion resulted in an improved children's services area, a 3800-gallon, salt-water aquarium; quiet study rooms; a technology training room; a children's programming room; and additional seating and shelving capacity for both the children's services area and adult services area. Both the main library and Newbury Park Branch offer free wireless Internet access.[23]

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Local Interests



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Notable Residents

Notable current and former residents of the Thousand Oaks area include:

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