Housing density: 1,598 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $989,696.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,582 (lower quartile is $1,231, upper quartile is $1,968)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,695
Median gross rent in Westminster, CO in 2022: $1,735
Housing units in Westminster with a mortgage: 24,153 (3,066 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 2,240 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 343
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $133,079
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $105,979
14,388 married couples with children.
6,060 single-parent households (2,405 men, 3,655 women).
83.5% of residents of Westminster speak English at home.
10.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 11,059 (9.7%)
(48.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 51.7% Number of people working at home: 15,922 (22.9% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 625
5 to 9 minutes: 3,729
10 to 14 minutes: 5,186
15 to 19 minutes: 7,365
20 to 24 minutes: 9,517
25 to 29 minutes: 5,769
30 to 34 minutes: 7,752
35 to 39 minutes: 2,433
40 to 44 minutes: 2,797
45 to 59 minutes: 4,489
60 to 89 minutes: 2,725
90 or more minutes: 141
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 34,434 (63.4%)
Carpooled: 3,912 (7.2%)
Bus: 238 (0.4%)
Subway or elevated rail: 6 (0.0%)
Taxi: 635 (1.2%)
Bicycle: 214 (0.4%)
Walked: 611 (1.1%)
Worked at home: 15,922 (29.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.4%Males
1.5%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
0.9%Males
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
1.6%Males
8.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
0.6%Males
6.8%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
1.5%Males
4.9%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
4.3%Males
4.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
3.2%Males
5.7%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Westminster, Colorado
1,8952010 or later
3,1792000 to 2009
2,2561990 to 1999
2,3821980 to 1989
1,3331970 to 1979
1,026Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 5,732 (11.0%)
American: 4,132 (7.9%)
English: 4,004 (7.7%)
Irish: 3,989 (7.6%)
European: 1,876 (3.6%)
Italian: 1,838 (3.5%)
Norwegian: 967 (1.9%)
Polish: 909 (1.7%)
French: 464 (0.9%)
Scottish: 401 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 387 (0.7%)
Swedish: 377 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 315 (0.6%)
Danish: 308 (0.6%)
Russian: 248 (0.5%)
Scandinavian: 240 (0.5%)
Dutch: 197 (0.4%)
Ghanaian: 187 (0.4%)
Northern European: 180 (0.3%)
French Canadian: 174 (0.3%)
British: 156 (0.3%)
Iranian: 152 (0.3%)
Czech: 150 (0.3%)
Eastern European: 142 (0.3%)
Jordanian: 133 (0.3%)
Yugoslavian: 120 (0.2%)
Turkish: 107 (0.2%)
Austrian: 106 (0.2%)
Armenian: 88 (0.2%)
Swiss: 76 (0.1%)
Czechoslovakian: 72 (0.1%)
Greek: 56 (0.1%)
Canadian: 56 (0.1%)
Croatian: 54 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 46 (0.09%)
Palestinian: 40 (0.08%)
Finnish: 38 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.07%)
Bulgarian: 35 (0.07%)
Portuguese: 34 (0.07%)
Slavic: 34 (0.07%)
Slovak: 33 (0.06%)
U.S. Virgin Islander: 32 (0.06%)
African: 26 (0.05%)
Slovene: 25 (0.05%)
Ethiopian: 22 (0.04%)
West Indian: 21 (0.04%)
Haitian: 20 (0.04%)
New Zealander: 19 (0.04%)
Latvian: 17 (0.03%)
Belgian: 16 (0.03%)
Basque: 15 (0.03%)
Welsh: 13 (0.02%)
Egyptian: 12 (0.02%)
German Russian: 10 (0.02%)
Serbian: 10 (0.02%)
Brazilian: 10 (0.02%)
Romanian: 5 (0.01%)
Albanian: 5 (0.01%)
South African: 5 (0.01%)
Estonian: 3 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Westminster:
31.5% (3,252)
Colorado:
38.3% (209,491)
Vietnam
Westminster:
6.6% (681)
Colorado:
3.0% (16,616)
Laos
Westminster:
4.0% (417)
Colorado:
0.4% (2,063)
India
Westminster:
4.0% (412)
Colorado:
4.0% (21,689)
Korea
Westminster:
3.3% (346)
Colorado:
2.9% (15,981)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Westminster:
3.1% (323)
Colorado:
3.3% (17,998)
Colombia
Westminster:
2.6% (272)
Colorado:
1.1% (5,971)
Nepal
Westminster:
2.4% (249)
Colorado:
1.0% (5,214)
Indonesia
Westminster:
2.2% (232)
Colorado:
0.4% (2,007)
Canada
Westminster:
2.1% (220)
Colorado:
2.7% (15,026)
Venezuela
Westminster:
1.9% (192)
Colorado:
0.9% (4,829)
Germany
Westminster:
1.8% (187)
Colorado:
2.5% (13,706)
Cameroon
Westminster:
1.8% (182)
Colorado:
0.1% (701)
Peru
Westminster:
1.7% (180)
Colorado:
0.9% (4,810)
Ghana
Westminster:
1.7% (172)
Colorado:
0.7% (3,596)
Iran
Westminster:
1.7% (171)
Colorado:
0.7% (3,568)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 55,546
Other state: 46,096
Northeast: 5,713
Midwest: 15,818
South: 10,914
West: 13,651
87.2% of Westminster residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 24.0% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 68.2% lived in Colorado.
Westminster:
87.2%
State average:
83.6%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 474
Nursery to 4th grade: 306
5th and 6th grade: 38
7th and 8th grade: 109
9th grade: 774
10th grade: 118
11th grade: 528
12th grade, no diploma: 658
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,584
Less than 1 year of college: 2,249
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,641
Associate degree: 2,942
Bachelor's degree: 13,092
Master's degree: 5,013
Professional school degree: 906
Doctorate degree: 445
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 438
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 59
7th and 8th grade: 208
9th grade: 370
10th grade: 657
11th grade: 946
12th grade, no diploma: 805
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,322
Less than 1 year of college: 2,359
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,032
Associate degree: 2,515
Bachelor's degree: 12,646
Master's degree: 6,911
Professional school degree: 434
Doctorate degree: 603
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 27,622
One, attached: 5,000
Two: 352
3 or 4: 1,555
5 to 9: 3,777
10 to 19: 3,672
20 to 49: 3,219
50 or more: 4,850
Mobile homes: 291
Median worth of mobile homes: $66,476
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.3%