Culver City is a medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of California. With a population of 38,816 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Culver City is the 198th largest community in California.

Culver City is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.63% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Culver City is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Culver City who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.26%), management occupations (11.99%), and sales jobs (10.05%).

Of important note, Culver City is also a city of artists. Culver City has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Culver City's character.

Also of interest is that Culver City has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Culver City, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Culver City is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Culver City are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

Culver City has public transportation that is used by many people for their daily commute to and from work: primarily, this consists of people taking the bus.

Culver City Information and Demographics

The education level of Culver City citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 41.23% of adults in Culver City have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Culver City in 2000 was $29,025, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,100 for a family of four.

Culver City is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Culver City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Culver City is White, followed by Asian. Culver City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.77% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Culver City include German, English, Irish, Italian, Russian, and Polish.

Culver City also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.61%.

The most common language spoken in Culver City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.