Culver City is its own small city in the middle of the Westside, with its own city hall, police, fire department and school district. It grew up around the movie studios, and Sony Pictures still sits on Washington Boulevard. Today daily life centers on a walkable downtown, the Metro E Line, parks along Ballona Creek and a food scene that keeps getting better. Homes range from 1920s Spanish houses and mid-century ranches to hillside view homes and condos, and over the last year homes in ZIP 90232 sold at a median of $2.1 million and in 90230 at about $1.1 million.

Updated October 2026

Last 12 months, houses and condos priced $450,000 and up. Source: TheMLS, October 21, 2026. Details in the market snapshot below.

Culver City market snapshot

Culver City is the hottest of these four West LA markets. 64% of homes sold within 30 days, houses averaged 102% of the asking price, and ZIP 90232 has only about two and a half months of supply. Even here, 174 homes came off the market without selling, and 58% of those were relisted, usually at a lower price.

Culver City (ZIP 90230 and 90232), houses and condos priced $450,000 and up, listed through TheMLS, October 21, 2025 to October 21, 2026. Sold counts exclude 24 sales recorded off the MLS. “Relisted” means a home was canceled, expired or withdrawn and then listed again during the period. Days on market as reported in TheMLS. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Some addresses in these ZIPs are in the City of Los Angeles.

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Culver City at a glance

Culver City values, block by block

Culver City is small, but it is not one market. A few streets can mean a difference of millions. Over the last year, condos in Fox Hills on Green Valley Circle and Canterbury Drive typically sold for under $600,000. Townhome-style condos on Duquesne Avenue near downtown sold for about $1.34 million. Houses on Higuera Street by the Hayden Tract went for about $1.8 million, hillside homes on Wrightcrest Drive in Blair Hills for about $2.7 million, and houses on Keystone Avenue in Carlson Park for about $3.45 million. That is more than a six-times spread inside one small city, which is why I price every home off its own block, not a city-wide average.

Median of sales of $450,000 and up on each street, last 12 months, from 2 to 18 sales per street. Source: TheMLS, October 21, 2026. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Pockets of Culver City

Downtown and the Arts District. The Culver Steps, the Culver Hotel, the Kirk Douglas Theatre and a long run of restaurants along Culver and Washington Boulevards. Housing here is mostly condos, townhomes and newer mixed-use buildings, with the E Line a few minutes away.

Carlson Park and the streets near Sony. Tree-lined blocks of 1920s to 1940s Spanish and traditional houses within walking distance of downtown. These rarely sit on the market long.

Culver West and Lindberg Park. Quieter residential streets with mid-century ranches and remodels, close to parks and neighborhood schools on the west side of the city.

Blair Hills and Culver Crest. Hillside homes on the east side, many with views, close to Culver City Park and the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook.

Fox Hills. Condos and apartments near Westfield Culver City in 90230, and usually the most affordable way to own in Culver City.

Downtown Culver City and the Culver Steps during the holidays.

Where I eat and drink in Culver City

Culver City might have the best food in West LA right now. These are the places I actually go, and the ones I send clients to.

Want more ideas? See The Infatuation’s Culver City guide.

Buying in Culver City: what buyers get wrong

“It’s part of LA.” It isn’t. Culver City has its own rules, its own transfer tax and its own school district, and some homes with a Culver City mailing address are actually in the City of Los Angeles. That changes your schools, your taxes and what you can build. I check every parcel before you write an offer.

“Waiting will get me a better price.” On the right house, it usually won’t. The homes that sold in their first month went for about 3% over asking. Where buyers do have room is on homes that have sat 60 days or more, and I track those closely.

“Every house can add an ADU.” Many can, but lot size, setbacks and utilities decide how much you can build. I bring in the right people to check before you commit.

Selling in Culver City: what to know

Price and presentation decide everything here. Homes that sold within 30 days averaged about 103% of the asking price, while homes that lingered past 120 days sold for about 96%, and more than four in ten listings came off the market without selling. The first two weeks matter most, so I prepare the home, price it to the data and launch it with a plan.

Sellers pay attention to the transfer tax. Culver City charges 0.45% on the first $1,499,999, then higher rates on the amount above $1.5 million, $3 million and $10 million, plus the county tax. Who pays it is negotiable. I’ll give you a net sheet with the real numbers before we list.

My work in Culver City

Culver City is one of the neighborhoods I work in most outside Playa Vista. It’s a short drive from my office, and I’ve represented buyers, sellers and landlords here, from Fox Hills condos to houses in 90232. They include:

Sales

• 3635 Wesley Street, bought for $1,810,000 and later sold for $2,050,000
• 10815 Pickford, $1,520,000
• 11201 Segrell Way, $1,332,305
• 6124 Buckingham Parkway #8, $582,000

Leases

• 4194 Duquesne Avenue, $2,300 a month, representing the landlord three times
• 3438 Vinton Avenue #8, $2,780 a month

Questions buyers and sellers ask about Culver City

Nearby areas

Culver City borders Mar Vista, Palms and Del Rey, with Playa Vista, Marina del Rey and Venice a short drive west. See all my West LA neighborhood guides.