Cost of Living in Westminster
Westminster runs genuinely expensive on housing, with a $540,000 median LISTING price as of mid-2026 (a different measure than a trailing sale-price median), while median household income shows a real, disclosed spread ($100,272-$102,456) across the two sources reviewed this session.
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Learn moreHousing pricing: a real, if imperfectly measured, figure
A $540,000 median listing price was the housing figure surfaced this session -- a different measure than a trailing sale-price median (the measure used for Arvada and Denver in this dataset), not independently cross-checked against a second sale-price-specific source this pass. Treat this as directional; it sits modestly below the $614K-$635K band documented for Arvada.
Rent readings genuinely disagree, including one notably higher figure
Apartment List and Rent.com-style aggregation cited an overall median rent around $1,651 (July 2026); Zumper cited a $1,813-$1,819 average, down 2.9-3.7% year-over-year; a separate RentCafe-style reading instead cited a considerably higher $2,145 median for all bedroom counts and property types (March 2026) -- a real, meaningfully wide spread across sources, disclosed rather than averaged into one figure.
Colorado's flat 4.40% state income tax applies here as it does statewide
Colorado levies a flat 4.40% state income tax for 2026 (subject to a TABOR surplus-refund mechanism) -- a real ongoing cost relative to a no-income-tax state, and identical to the rate documented for Arvada and Centennial in this same batch.
Median household income shows a real, modest cross-source spread
Median household income is cited at $100,272 (with a 7.31% poverty rate) by one source and $102,456 by a second -- both comfortably above the national median but the lowest of the three Colorado Tier A cities built in this batch, below both Arvada's ($117,348) and Centennial's ($102,000-$114,375) figures.
Key takeaways
- A $540,000 median listing price was the housing figure surfaced this session -- a different measure than a sale-price median, treat as directional.
- Rent readings genuinely disagree, ranging from roughly $1,651 to $2,145 depending on source and measure -- a meaningfully wide spread.
- Colorado's flat 4.40% state income tax (2026) applies identically to Arvada's and Centennial's rate in this dataset.
- Median household income ($100,272-$102,456) is the lowest of the three Colorado Tier A suburbs built in this batch.
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