Bell Gardens vs Culver City

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

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

Culver City has the higher population (39,993 vs 38,661 in Bell Gardens). Culver City has the higher median household income ($122,312 vs $55,372 in Bell Gardens). Culver City has the higher median home value ($1,126,900 vs $527,900 in Bell Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
Population	38,661	39,993
Median age	32.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,372	$122,312
Median home value	$527,900	$1,126,900
Median gross rent	$1,658	$2,683
Housing units	9,957	19,104
Homeownership rate	21.2%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	64.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
Population	42,421 → 38,661 (-8.9%)	39,169 → 39,993 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$42,223 → $55,372 (+31.1%)	$95,044 → $122,312 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$388,100 → $527,900 (+36.0%)	$892,000 → $1,126,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,658 (+32.4%)	$1,888 → $2,683 (+42.1%)

Bell Gardens

Population

42,42138,661

Median household income

$42,223$55,372

Median home value

$388,100$527,900

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,658

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)

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	16.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.6%	10.5%
75 and over	3.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	45.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	7.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	19.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	96.0%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
No high school diploma	47.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	30.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
Drove alone	73.6%	61.0%
Carpooled	11.7%	3.0%
Public transit	3.1%	2.4%
Walked	3.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	6.2%	28.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
1-unit, detached	55.2%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	16.3%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	13.5%
20 or more units	5.4%	26.5%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bell Gardens	Culver City
Poverty rate	21.8%	6.5%
Average household size	3.91	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1959	1962