Sherrelwood vs Westminster

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

Sherrelwood 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 19,368 in Sherrelwood). Westminster has the higher median household income ($96,145 vs $73,849 in Sherrelwood). Westminster has the higher median home value ($497,400 vs $412,200 in Sherrelwood).

Population, income & housing

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
Population	19,368	115,546
Median age	32.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,849	$96,145
Median home value	$412,200	$497,400
Median gross rent	$1,627	$1,816
Housing units	6,568	50,166
Homeownership rate	69.7%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
Population	19,208 → 19,368 (+0.8%)	112,962 → 115,546 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$62,169 → $73,849 (+18.8%)	$76,142 → $96,145 (+26.3%)
Median home value	$273,500 → $412,200 (+50.7%)	$340,900 → $497,400 (+45.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,363 → $1,627 (+19.4%)	$1,430 → $1,816 (+27.0%)

Sherrelwood

Population

19,20819,368

Median household income

$62,169$73,849

Median home value

$273,500$412,200

Median gross rent

$1,363$1,627

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)

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
Under 5	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	17.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	9.2%
75 and over	4.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	29.6%	65.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.4%
Asian	0.8%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	65.1%	23.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
No high school diploma	16.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	36.2%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
Drove alone	67.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	12.1%	7.1%
Public transit	4.6%	1.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.0%	18.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
1-unit, detached	72.5%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	10.3%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	15.1%
20 or more units	10.3%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Sherrelwood	Westminster
Poverty rate	10.3%	7.0%
Average household size	3.06	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1966	1987