Taneytown vs Westminster

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

Taneytown 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 7,295 in Taneytown). Westminster has the higher median household income ($79,431 vs $78,726 in Taneytown). Taneytown has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $318,100 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Taneytown	Westminster
Population	7,295	20,257
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,726	$79,431
Median home value	$323,700	$318,100
Median gross rent	$799	$1,410
Housing units	2,960	8,345
Homeownership rate	80.1%	55.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Taneytown	Westminster
Population	6,787 → 7,295 (+7.5%)	18,552 → 20,257 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$73,649 → $78,726 (+6.9%)	$60,518 → $79,431 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$252,700 → $323,700 (+28.1%)	$242,700 → $318,100 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $799 (-22.3%)	$1,136 → $1,410 (+24.1%)

Taneytown

Population

6,7877,295

Median household income

$73,649$78,726

Median home value

$252,700$323,700

Median gross rent

$1,028$799

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)

	Taneytown	Westminster
Under 5	6.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	14.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.1%
75 and over	8.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Taneytown	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	77.8%
Black or African American	8.2%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Taneytown	Westminster
No high school diploma	4.9%	9.2%
High school graduate	40.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Taneytown	Westminster
Drove alone	77.1%	73.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.6%
Public transit	2.1%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Taneytown	Westminster
1-unit, detached	65.7%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	21.8%	28.1%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	20.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Taneytown	Westminster
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	29
Median year structure built	1992	1983