90230Culver City, California

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 90230.

50out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 15% of 5,298 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity4363rd of 6,210 published ZIP areas45
GrowthTop 42% of 5,428 published ZIP areas55
Housing affordability6523rd of 6,685 published ZIP areas31
ClimateTop 4% of 6,789 published ZIP areas100
Physical resilience6250th of 6,709 published ZIP areas10
AccessTop 8% of 6,791 published ZIP areas99
Economic stabilityTop 46% of 6,742 published ZIP areas62
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable published ZIP profiles: unemployment is 5.5% and the Opportunity signal places 90230 in the bottom 30%.

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 195 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 88% on the prior year.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by earthquake, inland flooding and wildfire.

At a glance

Population
31,009
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$107,109
Top 15% nationally
Density
6,830/sq mi
4.5 sq mi of land
Median age
40.5
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Culver City
California
Metro area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Nearest major airport
LAX
4 mi · Los Angeles Intl
Median home value
$1,019,900
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 5.5% is lower than 14% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.6% over the past year, to 20,762 employed residents.

58% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 92% of measured US ZIP areas.

Household income is higher than at least 85% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,271$107,109Top 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,391$66,274Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate11.5%Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute29.5 minTop 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher57.7%Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment20,762Bottom 20%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.6%Bottom 25%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.6%Bottom 32%June 2026
Labor force21,967Bottom 20%June 2026
Labor force participation67.0%Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$77,270Top 21%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$55,850Top 28%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.2%Bottom 36%June 2026
Unemployment rate5.5%Top 14%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
2021202220232024108k97k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $107,109 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides385,530$34,320
Fast Food and Counter Workers160,270$42,110
Retail Salespersons130,650$37,700
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand120,720$42,390
Office Clerks, General112,270$48,100
Cashiers109,940$36,980

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Culver City, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

There are 20.9 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
9
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
20.9
across all schools here
Math proficiency
Reading proficiency
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Culver City HighCulver City Unified2,01219.7
Culver City MiddleCulver City Unified1,52320.9
El Marino ElementaryCulver City Unified79522.1
El Rincon ElementaryCulver City Unified56523.5
Farragut ElementaryCulver City Unified54823.8
Braddock Drive ElementaryLos Angeles Unified54120.8
Playa del Rey ElementaryLos Angeles Unified27222.7
Stoner Avenue ElementaryLos Angeles Unified25817.2
Culver Park HighCulver City Unified4020.0

34.4% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against California’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $2,530 takes 28% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 9.5 times median household income here, well above the historic benchmark, at a level conventionally described as seriously unaffordable.

Rent as a share of income
28.3%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
9.5×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$2,530
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$1,019,900
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income9.52Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate57.2%Bottom 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±53914,071Top 9%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$118$2,530Top 3%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$71,802$1,019,900Top 2%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income28.3%Top 8%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate6.4%Bottom 30%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
55/ 100
Top 42% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 4.9 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
195
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
4.9
Top 31% nationally
Year over year
+88%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
48.7%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Culver City, CA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

12 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 75°F and January a low of 49°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 13.4 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 80, in the Moderate band, and about 133 days a year pass 100, the threshold at which the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups.

40°60°80°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SANTA MONICA MUNI AP, 3.5 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND3.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index164.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation13.4"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low49°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high75°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months121991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1001332024 calendar year
Median air quality index80.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing13°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
80
Moderate on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
164
90th percentile index
Days above 100
133
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

10 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, inland flooding and wildfire.

Inland floodingHigh
EarthquakeHigh
WildfireModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, landslide, tornado, lightning, hail, avalanche, coastal flooding, strong wind, winter weather, tsunami, drought, cold wave.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Los Angeles County records 4.7 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 6.3 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 17.8 per 100,000 residents in Los Angeles County.

Homicide
4.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
6.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
17.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
8.1
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Los Angeles County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 90230 rather than 90230 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 4 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Los Angeles IntlLAX4 mi12,923 ft
Van NuysVNY16 mi8,001 ft
Long Beach (Daugherty Fld)LGB19 mi10,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

90230 vs Culver City

How this ZIP area compares with Culver City as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

90230
Culver City
Median household income
$107,109
vs
$117,389
Per capita income
$66,274
vs
$79,000
Population density
6,830/sq mi
vs
7,811/sq mi
Median home value
$1,019,900
vs
$1,142,900
Median gross rent
$2,530
vs
$2,737
Homeownership rate
57.2%
vs
54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher
57.7%
vs
62.4%
Poverty rate
11.5%
vs
7.5%
Median age
40.5
vs
40.8

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.