Commerce City vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (115,546 vs 64,640 in Commerce City). Commerce City has the higher median household income ($106,756 vs $96,145 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median home value ($497,400 vs $463,200 in Commerce City).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce City	Westminster
Population	64,640	115,546
Median age	33.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$106,756	$96,145
Median home value	$463,200	$497,400
Median gross rent	$1,626	$1,816
Housing units	22,165	50,166
Homeownership rate	78.0%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce City	Westminster
Population	56,448 → 64,640 (+14.5%)	112,962 → 115,546 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$77,065 → $106,756 (+38.5%)	$76,142 → $96,145 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $463,200 (+44.7%)	$340,900 → $497,400 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,286 → $1,626 (+26.4%)	$1,430 → $1,816 (+27.0%)

Commerce City

Population

56,44864,640

Median household income

$77,065$106,756

Median home value

$320,100$463,200

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,626

Westminster

Population

112,962115,546

Median household income

$76,142$96,145

Median home value

$340,900$497,400

Median gross rent

$1,430$1,816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Commerce City	Westminster
Under 5	7.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.5%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.9%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	5.6%	9.2%
75 and over	2.7%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce City	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	41.2%	65.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	2.4%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	48.3%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce City	Westminster
No high school diploma	15.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce City	Westminster
Drove alone	71.8%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.1%
Public transit	1.2%	1.8%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.5%	18.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce City	Westminster
1-unit, detached	78.8%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	15.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Commerce City	Westminster
Poverty rate	9.6%	7.0%
Average household size	3.01	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2004	1987