Photo: Niceley · CC BY-SA 4.0Living in Thousand Oaks, CA: what to set up and who to call
Thousand Oaks has its own drop-off, Athens Service. Most homes in Thousand Oaks have two wired internet choices, Spectrum and Frontier.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Thousand Oaks, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Thousand Oaks.
Power comes from Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Thousand Oaks. Its homes paid an average of 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025, about $149 a month (its average across California, for customers on its standard service). California lets you buy power from another supplier; 30% of Southern California Edison’s home customers do, and Southern California Edison still delivers it.
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Calleguas Municipal Water Dist
Calleguas Municipal Water Dist supplies Thousand Oaks: about 50% of residents live in its service area. About 50% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It draws surface water (EPA lists Metropolitan Water Dist. of So. Cal. and Las Virgenes Mwd as sellers) and serves 0 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 78% of the 11,392 systems serving <=100 people.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. CA5610050.
5 home internet providers serve Thousand Oaks
98% of 38,399 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 80% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 98% | 1,000/35 |
| Frontier | Fiber | 83% | 7,000/7,000 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless, DSL, Fiber | 36% | 50/10 |
| Verizon | Fixed wireless | 66% | 300/20 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 47% | 100/20 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash and recycling in Thousand Oaks
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Thousand Oaks, from the town’s own site.
Athens Service
We couldn’t find its opening hours.
Goodwill Donation Express
2060 Avenida de losArboles, Unit I, Thousand Oaks
Tempus (formerly PC Recycle)
2001 Anchor Ct, Suite B, Newbury Park, CA 91320
Gold Coast Recycling Center
5275 Colt Street, Ventura
From toaks.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Thousand Oaks is in Conejo Valley Unified School District.
ASchool gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Sep 2025; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Thousand Oaks spans 4 ZIP codes
ZIP codes where Thousand Oaks residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Thousand Oaks | ZIP’s residents in Thousand Oaks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91360 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 32% | 95% |
| 91320 | Newbury Park, CA | 32% | 90% |
| 91362 | Thousand Oaks, CA | 27% | 97% |
| 91361 | Westlake Village, CA | 9% | 55% |
A few homes fall in 93021. 91358 is P.O. box or single-organization ZIP with no homes.
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Thousand Oaks
Who supplies Thousand Oaks’ drinking water, and has it had violations?
Calleguas Municipal Water Dist (EPA ID CA5610050). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 78% of systems its size had none.
Who provides electricity in Thousand Oaks?
Southern California Edison (Southern California Edison Co), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 31.5¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Thousand Oaks?
Spectrum, Frontier, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Thousand Oaks?
91360 (32%), 91320 (32%), 91362 (27%), 91361 (9%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Thousand Oaks in?
Conejo Valley Unified School District.
How do I register to vote in Thousand Oaks?
In California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before). Elections here are run by the Ventura County Clerk-Elections. Check your registration at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Thousand Oaks’ own website (toaks.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.