Regional Guide

Conejo Valley

Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and Lake Sherwood on one clickable map

Gardens of the World, Thousand Oaks · Photo: TOLocal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Conejo Valley is the string of communities along the 101 between the San Fernando Valley and Camarillo: Westlake Village, Agoura Hills, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and Lake Sherwood. People move here for the schools, the open space and the low crime, and stay because everything is ten minutes away. This is Gary Jacobs’s home market, and every city in it is mapped tract by tract, with more than 400 neighborhood guides, including every gated community in Westlake Village, the gated communities of Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park and the gated communities of Agoura Hills. See also Dos Vientos Ranch, the parks and trails of Thousand Oaks and single-story homes in Thousand Oaks.

Click any area on the map to open its guide. City limits and community boundaries are drawn from U.S. Census Bureau, Los Angeles County and Los Angeles Times neighborhood data and are approximate.

Conejo Valley area guides

Popular Conejo Valley home searches

These are the searches people run most often for this part of the valley. Each one opens the live MLS search with the filter already set, limited to the Conejo Valley. Gated-community listings are also on the Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park gated pages, and single-story homes get their own guides for Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park.

Single-story homesOne-level living, the most-asked-for feature in the valley. Sorted newest first.Search →Homes with a poolHouses with a pool in the yard, from Newbury Park to Westlake Village.Search →Homes under $1 millionDetached houses still under seven figures, mostly in Thousand Oaks and Newbury Park.Search →Townhomes and condosAttached homes, from starter condos to the lakefront townhomes of Westlake Village.Search →View homesHomes the listing agent describes as having a view, most of them in the hills.Search →Newer homes (built 2010 or later)The newest construction in the valley, including the last phases of Dos Vientos and the North Ranch infill.Search →Half-acre lots and largerRoom for horses, a guest house or a second garage: lots of 21,780 sq ft and up.Search →Guest house or ADUListings that mention a guest house, casita or accessory dwelling unit.Search →Luxury homes over $3 millionThe estate market: North Ranch, Lake Sherwood, Sherwood Country Club and the custom tracts.Search →Just listed this weekEverything that came on the market in the last seven days.Search →Open housesHomes with an open house scheduled.Search →Gated community homesListings inside a gated community. The guard-gated and gated communities are mapped city by city below.Search →

Moving to the Conejo Valley

Which Conejo Valley city fits you?

Westlake Village is built around its lake and straddles the county line, with North Ranch and Lake Sherwood at the top of the market. Agoura Hills and Oak Park are the choices for Las Virgenes and Oak Park schools. Thousand Oaks is the largest city, with the widest range of prices, and Newbury Park at its west end offers newer homes and quick access to the beach at Camarillo and Malibu.

Schools and school districts

Three districts serve the valley. Conejo Valley Unified covers Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park and the Ventura County side of Westlake Village. Las Virgenes Unified covers Agoura Hills and the Los Angeles County side of Westlake Village. Oak Park Unified serves Oak Park and accepts transfer students. Because the county line runs through Westlake Village, the district can change from one street to the next, and every neighborhood guide on this site says which one applies.

Commuting and getting around

The 101 is the spine: about 35 to 45 minutes to the Westside or downtown Los Angeles without traffic, and considerably more at rush hour. Kanan Road and Malibu Canyon reach the coast in 20 to 30 minutes, and State Route 23 connects Thousand Oaks to Moorpark and Simi Valley.

Common questions about the Conejo Valley

What cities are in the Conejo Valley?

Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Westlake Village, Agoura Hills and Oak Park, along with the unincorporated communities of Lake Sherwood and Hidden Valley. The valley spans both Ventura County and Los Angeles County.

Is the Conejo Valley a good place to live?

It consistently ranks among the safest areas of its size in the country, the public schools are strong in all three districts, and about a third of the land is protected open space with trails. The trade-offs are price and the commute into Los Angeles.

Which Conejo Valley neighborhoods are gated?

Westlake Village has 30 gated communities, seven of them guard-gated, and Agoura Hills has several more. Both are mapped on this site.

Other regions

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Not sure where to start? Tell Gary Jacobs what matters most, whether that is schools, commute, lot size or budget, and he will narrow the map to the two or three areas that fit.

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