Brownfields vs Westminster

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

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

Brownfields has the higher population (5,263 vs 2,810 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median household income ($89,944 vs $50,809 in Brownfields). Westminster has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $181,400 in Brownfields).

Population, income & housing

	Brownfields	Westminster
Population	5,263	2,810
Median age	38.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,809	$89,944
Median home value	$181,400	$248,300
Median gross rent	$958	$1,417
Housing units	1,992	1,512
Homeownership rate	68.9%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownfields	Westminster
Population	5,772 → 5,263 (-8.8%)	2,760 → 2,810 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$51,304 → $50,809 (-1.0%)	$88,778 → $89,944 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $181,400 (+34.9%)	$256,700 → $248,300 (-3.3%)
Median gross rent	$869 → $958 (+10.2%)	$1,519 → $1,417 (-6.7%)

Brownfields

Population

5,7725,263

Median household income

$51,304$50,809

Median home value

$134,500$181,400

Median gross rent

$869$958

Westminster

Population

2,7602,810

Median household income

$88,778$89,944

Median home value

$256,700$248,300

Median gross rent

$1,519$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brownfields	Westminster
Under 5	2.0%	12.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	5.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	20.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	6.2%
75 and over	6.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownfields	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	14.4%	79.9%
Black or African American	79.9%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownfields	Westminster
No high school diploma	15.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	28.5%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownfields	Westminster
Drove alone	76.4%	83.4%
Carpooled	21.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownfields	Westminster
1-unit, detached	86.4%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	16.7%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brownfields	Westminster
Poverty rate	27.8%	3.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	26
Median year structure built	1978	1973