Altadena vs Culver City

A side-by-side comparison of Altadena and Culver City: population, income, housing, and more.

Altadena and Culver City are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Altadena has the higher population (41,921 vs 39,993 in Culver City). Altadena has the higher median household income ($129,123 vs $122,312 in Culver City). Culver City has the higher median home value ($1,126,900 vs $1,073,500 in Altadena).

Population, income & housing

	Altadena	Culver City
Population	41,921	39,993
Median age	46.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$129,123	$122,312
Median home value	$1,073,500	$1,126,900
Median gross rent	$2,250	$2,683
Housing units	15,744	19,104
Homeownership rate	78.3%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.7%	64.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Altadena	Culver City
Population	44,850 → 41,921 (-6.5%)	39,169 → 39,993 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$98,693 → $129,123 (+30.8%)	$95,044 → $122,312 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$742,800 → $1,073,500 (+44.5%)	$892,000 → $1,126,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,692 → $2,250 (+33.0%)	$1,888 → $2,683 (+42.1%)

Altadena

Population

44,85041,921

Median household income

$98,693$129,123

Median home value

$742,800$1,073,500

Median gross rent

$1,692$2,250

Culver City

Population

39,16939,993

Median household income

$95,044$122,312

Median home value

$892,000$1,126,900

Median gross rent

$1,888$2,683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Altadena	Culver City
Under 5	5.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.5%
75 and over	10.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Altadena	Culver City
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	45.9%
Black or African American	17.6%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	5.3%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Altadena	Culver City
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	14.9%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Altadena	Culver City
Drove alone	65.3%	61.0%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.0%
Public transit	1.5%	2.4%
Walked	1.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.6%
Worked from home	23.4%	28.6%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Altadena	Culver City
1-unit, detached	87.5%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	13.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	26.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Altadena	Culver City
Poverty rate	7.4%	6.5%
Average household size	2.73	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1945	1962