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Westminster, CA
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Westminster profile


Living in Westminster



Westminster is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 89,397 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Westminster is the 88th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Westminster are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Also of interest is that Westminster has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.98% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The percentage of people in Westminster who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.03% of adults in Westminster have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Westminster in 2018 was $33,824, which is lower middle income relative to California, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,296 for a family of four. However, Westminster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Westminster is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Westminster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Westminster residents report their race to be Asian, followed by White. Westminster also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.15% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Westminster include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.

In addition, Westminster has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (44.63%).

The most common language spoken in Westminster is Vietnamese. Other important languages spoken here include English and Spanish.