Orange vs Westminster

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

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

Orange has the higher population (138,723 vs 90,147 in Westminster). Orange has the higher median household income ($116,945 vs $82,686 in Westminster). Orange has the higher median home value ($900,700 vs $820,000 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Orange	Westminster
Population	138,723	90,147
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$116,945	$82,686
Median home value	$900,700	$820,000
Median gross rent	$2,252	$2,100
Housing units	46,547	29,104
Homeownership rate	58.1%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orange	Westminster
Population	139,887 → 138,723 (-0.8%)	91,137 → 90,147 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$91,793 → $116,945 (+27.4%)	$62,625 → $82,686 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$656,100 → $900,700 (+37.3%)	$603,700 → $820,000 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,806 → $2,252 (+24.7%)	$1,585 → $2,100 (+32.5%)

Orange

Population

139,887138,723

Median household income

$91,793$116,945

Median home value

$656,100$900,700

Median gross rent

$1,806$2,252

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)

	Orange	Westminster
Under 5	5.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.3%
75 and over	6.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orange	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	40.1%	20.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	13.0%	50.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.0%	24.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orange	Westminster
No high school diploma	11.9%	22.2%
High school graduate	17.9%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orange	Westminster
Drove alone	69.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	15.2%
Public transit	1.2%	1.1%
Walked	3.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	15.9%	9.6%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orange	Westminster
1-unit, detached	56.4%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	7.6%
20 or more units	13.6%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Orange	Westminster
Poverty rate	9.2%	15.8%
Average household size	2.95	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1972	1970