Newport Beach vs Westminster

A side-by-side comparison of Newport Beach and Westminster: population, income, housing, and more.

Newport Beach 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 84,304 in Newport Beach). Newport Beach has the higher median household income ($158,461 vs $82,686 in Westminster). Newport Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $820,000 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Newport Beach	Westminster
Population	84,304	90,147
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$158,461	$82,686
Median home value	$2,000,001	$820,000
Median gross rent	$3,146	$2,100
Housing units	45,243	29,104
Homeownership rate	53.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.6%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newport Beach	Westminster
Population	85,694 → 84,304 (-1.6%)	91,137 → 90,147 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$127,223 → $158,461 (+24.6%)	$62,625 → $82,686 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$1,898,900 → $2,000,001 (+5.3%)	$603,700 → $820,000 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,251 → $3,146 (+39.8%)	$1,585 → $2,100 (+32.5%)

Newport Beach

Population

85,69484,304

Median household income

$127,223$158,461

Median home value

$1,898,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,251$3,146

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)

	Newport Beach	Westminster
Under 5	3.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	9.3%
75 and over	10.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newport Beach	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	20.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	8.0%	50.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newport Beach	Westminster
No high school diploma	2.2%	22.2%
High school graduate	7.6%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	41.1%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newport Beach	Westminster
Drove alone	64.9%	70.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	15.2%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.8%
Worked from home	27.1%	9.6%
Other means	1.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newport Beach	Westminster
1-unit, detached	46.1%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	18.4%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Newport Beach	Westminster
Poverty rate	7.3%	15.8%
Average household size	2.20	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1977	1970