Culver City vs Rancho Palos Verdes

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

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

Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher population (41,259 vs 39,993 in Culver City). Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher median household income ($175,307 vs $122,312 in Culver City). Rancho Palos Verdes has the higher median home value ($1,541,400 vs $1,126,900 in Culver City).

Population, income & housing

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
Population	39,993	41,259
Median age	41.2 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,312	$175,307
Median home value	$1,126,900	$1,541,400
Median gross rent	$2,683	$3,501
Housing units	19,104	16,612
Homeownership rate	55.1%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.9%	69.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
Population	39,169 → 39,993 (+2.1%)	42,030 → 41,259 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$95,044 → $122,312 (+28.7%)	$138,557 → $175,307 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$892,000 → $1,126,900 (+26.3%)	$1,156,700 → $1,541,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,888 → $2,683 (+42.1%)	$2,643 → $3,501 (+32.5%)

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

Rancho Palos Verdes

Population

42,03041,259

Median household income

$138,557$175,307

Median home value

$1,156,700$1,541,400

Median gross rent

$2,643$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
Under 5	6.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	5.8%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.5%	13.4%
75 and over	7.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
White (non-Hispanic)	45.9%	46.5%
Black or African American	7.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	19.3%	31.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
No high school diploma	6.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	9.4%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	34.0%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	33.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
Drove alone	61.0%	66.8%
Carpooled	3.0%	4.8%
Public transit	2.4%	1.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	28.6%	23.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
1-unit, detached	37.3%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	26.5%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Culver City	Rancho Palos Verdes
Poverty rate	6.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.23	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1962	1967