Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of 2020, the estimated population was 40,779. The city was named after its founder, Harry Culver. It is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also shares a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County. Over the years, it has annexed more than 40 pieces of adjoining land and now comprises about five square miles (13 km2).
Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a center for film and later television production, best known as the home of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. From 1932 to 1986, it was the headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company. National Public Radio West and Sony Pictures Entertainment have headquarters in the city. Originally founded as a whites-only city, or sundown town, since the 1980s it has become fairly diverse with one of the most diverse school systems in the United States.


The city was ranked 3rd in the U.S. for "Best Places to Live" by "Money Magazine" in 2006, 14th in 2007 and 8th overall (tied with 4 other cities) as of 2017. In 2016, Culver City was ranked the 11th richest city in the United States by median household income at $83,384 and 12th highest median earnings per person ($46,841).

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