Mount Airy vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (20,257 vs 9,746 in Mount Airy). Mount Airy has the higher median household income ($154,514 vs $79,431 in Westminster). Mount Airy has the higher median home value ($474,800 vs $318,100 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Airy	Westminster
Population	9,746	20,257
Median age	38.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$154,514	$79,431
Median home value	$474,800	$318,100
Median gross rent	$1,939	$1,410
Housing units	3,331	8,345
Homeownership rate	93.3%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.2%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Airy	Westminster
Population	9,397 → 9,746 (+3.7%)	18,552 → 20,257 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$125,365 → $154,514 (+23.3%)	$60,518 → $79,431 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$371,500 → $474,800 (+27.8%)	$242,700 → $318,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,580 → $1,939 (+22.7%)	$1,136 → $1,410 (+24.1%)

Mount Airy

Population

9,3979,746

Median household income

$125,365$154,514

Median home value

$371,500$474,800

Median gross rent

$1,580$1,939

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)

	Mount Airy	Westminster
Under 5	7.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	14.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.4%	9.1%
75 and over	5.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Airy	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Airy	Westminster
No high school diploma	2.5%	9.2%
High school graduate	14.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Airy	Westminster
Drove alone	73.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.7%	13.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Airy	Westminster
1-unit, detached	70.8%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	25.9%	28.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Airy	Westminster
Poverty rate	2.3%	11.1%
Average household size	3.01	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	34	29
Median year structure built	1995	1983