Buena Park vs Westminster

A side-by-side comparison of Buena Park and Westminster: population, income, housing, and more.

Buena Park and Westminster are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westminster has the higher population (90,147 vs 83,052 in Buena Park). Buena Park has the higher median household income ($108,187 vs $82,686 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median home value ($820,000 vs $771,900 in Buena Park).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Park	Westminster
Population	83,052	90,147
Median age	37.4 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,187	$82,686
Median home value	$771,900	$820,000
Median gross rent	$2,112	$2,100
Housing units	24,961	29,104
Homeownership rate	56.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Park	Westminster
Population	82,489 → 83,052 (+0.7%)	91,137 → 90,147 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$78,932 → $108,187 (+37.1%)	$62,625 → $82,686 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$579,100 → $771,900 (+33.3%)	$603,700 → $820,000 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $2,112 (+27.1%)	$1,585 → $2,100 (+32.5%)

Buena Park

Population

82,48983,052

Median household income

$78,932$108,187

Median home value

$579,100$771,900

Median gross rent

$1,662$2,112

Westminster

Population

91,13790,147

Median household income

$62,625$82,686

Median home value

$603,700$820,000

Median gross rent

$1,585$2,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Park	Westminster
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.3%
75 and over	5.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Park	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	20.1%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	31.7%	50.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	42.5%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Park	Westminster
No high school diploma	15.1%	22.2%
High school graduate	23.4%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Park	Westminster
Drove alone	74.8%	70.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	15.2%
Public transit	1.4%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Park	Westminster
1-unit, detached	57.8%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	12.7%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Buena Park	Westminster
Poverty rate	8.6%	15.8%
Average household size	3.39	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1966	1970