Elida vs Westminster

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

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

Elida has the higher population (2,017 vs 477 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median household income ($87,955 vs $74,798 in Elida). Elida has the higher median home value ($206,600 vs $179,200 in Westminster).

Population, income & housing

	Elida	Westminster
Population	2,017	477
Median age	39.6 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,798	$87,955
Median home value	$206,600	$179,200
Median gross rent	$1,175	—
Housing units	812	116
Homeownership rate	78.8%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	16.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elida	Westminster
Population	2,233 → 2,017 (-9.7%)	492 → 477 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$67,344 → $74,798 (+11.1%)	$55,350 → $87,955 (+58.9%)
Median home value	$154,400 → $206,600 (+33.8%)	$135,100 → $179,200 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,040 → $1,175 (+13.0%)	—

Elida

Population

2,2332,017

Median household income

$67,344$74,798

Median home value

$154,400$206,600

Median gross rent

$1,040$1,175

Westminster

Population

492477

Median household income

$55,350$87,955

Median home value

$135,100$179,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elida	Westminster
Under 5	7.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	20.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	21.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	15.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	1.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	2.7%
75 and over	7.9%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elida	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elida	Westminster
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elida	Westminster
Drove alone	87.9%	85.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elida	Westminster
1-unit, detached	93.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elida	Westminster
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.56	4.11
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1971	1962