Westminster is a city of 20,445 people in Maryland. Density works out to 3,076 people per square mile. Owners hold 56% of the housing stock. The population is up 22% since 2000. That trails the Maryland median by roughly 17%. The typical home is worth $337,600, having roughly tripled since 2000.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $86,219, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.5
US median: 38.9
Average education
36% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 57%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Westminster
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants43.8% → 56.5%(+12.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median age29.0 → 38.5(+9.5 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Westminster's population equals 12% of Carroll County's. Its number of households without a car equals 44% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 22% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)20.7%(214)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.5%(160)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.8%(298)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.8%(50)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II7%(72)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,034 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Westminster, decade by decade
Westminster population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
13,068
$75,117
$224,646
21.9%
16.4
2000
16,731
$73,735
$215,684
24.4%
22.5
2010
18,590
$69,220
$359,067
27.4%
39.0
2020
20,126
$78,054
$292,829
32.2%
55.9
2024
20,445
$86,219
$337,600
36.3%
52.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
