Eldersburg vs Westminster

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

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

Eldersburg has the higher population (30,626 vs 20,257 in Westminster). Eldersburg has the higher median household income ($146,598 vs $79,431 in Westminster). Eldersburg has the higher median home value ($478,800 vs $318,100 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Eldersburg	Westminster
Population	30,626	20,257
Median age	39.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$146,598	$79,431
Median home value	$478,800	$318,100
Median gross rent	$1,655	$1,410
Housing units	11,011	8,345
Homeownership rate	88.5%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldersburg	Westminster
Population	31,108 → 30,626 (-1.5%)	18,552 → 20,257 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$120,688 → $146,598 (+21.5%)	$60,518 → $79,431 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$386,700 → $478,800 (+23.8%)	$242,700 → $318,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,153 → $1,655 (+43.5%)	$1,136 → $1,410 (+24.1%)

Eldersburg

Population

31,10830,626

Median household income

$120,688$146,598

Median home value

$386,700$478,800

Median gross rent

$1,153$1,655

Westminster

Population

18,55220,257

Median household income

$60,518$79,431

Median home value

$242,700$318,100

Median gross rent

$1,136$1,410

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldersburg	Westminster
Under 5	5.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.8%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	14.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.1%
75 and over	6.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldersburg	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldersburg	Westminster
No high school diploma	4.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	17.5%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.1%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.5%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldersburg	Westminster
Drove alone	75.0%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.8%	13.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldersburg	Westminster
1-unit, detached	82.2%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	28.1%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	20.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldersburg	Westminster
Poverty rate	4.2%	11.1%
Average household size	2.77	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1988	1983