Yes, by a lot. CSMAOR MLS data shows a median sold price of $1,532,500 for single-family homes in Agoura Hills in September 2026. In Thousand Oaks, the same measure was $1,175,000. Same month, same home type, same MLS.

• Price gap: about $357,500, or roughly 30% higher in Agoura Hills. That's our own math from the two medians above.
• Price per square foot: $591 in Agoura Hills and $542 in Thousand Oaks. Our own math puts that gap near 9%. Much of the big price gap comes from bigger, higher-priced homes, not just a higher price for the same size.
• Average sold price: $1,769,892 in Agoura Hills and $1,379,810 in Thousand Oaks, from a Flexmls search of the same sales.
• Sale-to-list price: 99.0% in Thousand Oaks and 98.6% in Agoura Hills. Both are close to asking price.
• Change from September 2025: median price up 2.2% in Thousand Oaks and down 8.5% in Agoura Hills. Agoura Hills had only 14 sales, so one or two big sales can swing that number. Don't call it a trend yet.

Run your own budget through our mortgage calculator before you tour either city.

Thousand Oaks. In September 2026, CSMAOR MLS data shows 61 single-family sales in Thousand Oaks, up 56.4% from a year earlier. Agoura Hills had 14, down 30.0%. Thousand Oaks homes also sold about 16 days faster on average (our own math from 35 and 51 days).

• Months of supply: 2.3 in Thousand Oaks (down 39.5% from last year) and 4.3 in Agoura Hills (up 36.1%). This number tells you how many months it would take to sell today's homes at the current pace. Lower means a tighter market.
• Days on market: the median was 26 days in Thousand Oaks and 59.5 in Agoura Hills. Counting relists, the average was 42 days in Thousand Oaks and 87 in Agoura Hills. That gap tells us many Agoura Hills homes were relisted before they sold.
• New listings: 83 in Thousand Oaks (up 45.6%) and 23 in Agoura Hills (down 17.9%).

What it means: in Thousand Oaks, buyers should expect competition. In Agoura Hills, buyers may have more room to negotiate, but Agoura Hills has far fewer homes to choose from. These figures are for closed sales in September 2026, per CSMAOR MLS data, and one month is a snapshot, not a forecast.

Both are strong, and the gap is small. Agoura Hills is served by the Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD). Thousand Oaks is served by the Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD). Here's how the two main high schools compare on Niche's latest grades:

• Agoura High School: overall grade A minus, ranked #440 among California public high schools, with a 23:1 student-teacher ratio and 1,709 students, according to Niche's LVUSD rankings.
• Thousand Oaks High School: overall grade A, ranked #342 among California public high schools, with a 21:1 student-teacher ratio and 1,703 students, according to Niche's CVUSD rankings.

Grades vary by campus, so look up the exact school assigned to any address you're considering. A great district name doesn't guarantee a great fit for your child.

Yes. SafeWise lists Thousand Oaks, California, at a population of 122,363. Agoura Hills, California, had 20,299 residents at the 2020 census, according to Wikipedia. That's about six times the population (our own math, using two different sources and years).

Thousand Oaks (Ventura County; ZIP codes 91360, 91362, and 91320 in Newbury Park) has the room for big-city options. Think the The Oaks mall, the Civic Arts Plaza, and trails at Wildwood Regional Park. Our Thousand Oaks area guide covers the neighborhoods.

Agoura Hills (Los Angeles County; ZIP code 91301) bills itself as the "Gateway to the Santa Monica Mountains," per Wikipedia. It's compact, at 7.82 square miles, with the Reyes Adobe Historical Site and Park, Whizin Market Square, and Malibu Creek State Park nearby, according to the Conejo Valley Guide. Our Agoura Hills area guide shows what each part of town feels like.

The two cities sit in different counties, which also means different school districts and different local government. That's worth knowing before you buy.

Thousand Oaks has a strong, sourced case. It ranked #10 on SafeWise's 2026 list of California's safest cities, with a violent crime rate of 1.0 and a property crime rate of 10.3, as SafeWise reports its figures. Agoura Hills doesn't appear on that SafeWise list, so there's no matching ranking to compare against. That doesn't mean it's less safe. It means this source can't say.

Before you decide, ask each city's police or sheriff's office for its latest crime numbers.

This one matters more than most buyers expect. The California FAIR Plan, the state's insurer of last resort, is raising premiums by an average of 29.1% on October 15, 2026, according to KRCR. Here's what the Camarillo Acorn and the Thousand Oaks Acorn reported for our two cities:

• Agoura Hills (91301): 1,739 FAIR Plan policies carrying $5.9 million in annual premiums. About 37% of those policies are rated high wildfire risk.
• Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park (91320, 91360, 91361, 91362): about 5,300 policies carrying about $19.5 million. In the 91361 ZIP code, which Thousand Oaks shares with Westlake Village, about 35% of policies are rated high risk.

Our own math from those totals puts the average FAIR Plan premium at about $3,390 a year in Agoura Hills and about $3,680 in Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park, before the increase. A 29.1% jump adds roughly $990 and $1,070 a year. These numbers only cover homes already on the FAIR Plan, not every home in each city, and your own renewal could be higher or lower. Get an insurance quote on the exact address before you write an offer in either city.

Agoura Hills. The 101 freeway runs through both cities, and Agoura Hills sits farther east. Woodland Hills, a Los Angeles neighborhood, is less than 10 miles east of Agoura Hills, per Wikipedia. Thousand Oaks is farther west along the same freeway.

Commute times swing a lot with traffic and destination. Drive your real route at rush hour before you commit to either city.

Here's a quick way to sort it out.

Choose Thousand Oaks if:

• You want a lower price point, about $1.18 million at the median per CSMAOR MLS data
• You want more homes to choose from (140 active listings versus 60) and a bigger city with more shopping, dining, and parks
• Your budget has to absorb a possible insurance increase on a home in a higher-risk area

Choose Agoura Hills if:

• You want a smaller, quieter city, can pay about 30% more, and want more room to negotiate (4.3 months of supply)
• You want a shorter drive toward Los Angeles
• You want trails and the Santa Monica Mountains right outside your door

Still stuck? Our relocation consulting service helps buyers compare cities side by side before they ever tour a home.

Market figures come from CSMAOR MLS data for single-family homes closed in September 2026 (Domus Insights Market Review, updated October 7, 2026, plus a Flexmls search for days on market and average prices). School data from Niche (CVUSD, LVUSD, Thousand Oaks High, Agoura High). Safety data is from SafeWise. City facts come from Wikipedia and the Conejo Valley Guide. Wildfire insurance figures come from the Thousand Oaks Acorn, the Camarillo Acorn, and KRCR. All figures were checked in October 2026, and market numbers change monthly.