Best PlacesWestminster, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Westminster, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Westminster ranks 1,239th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Westminster
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
The best areas in Westminster
The parts of Westminster, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
North Westminster & North Central Westminster
Trendwood-Frankline Square
East Central Westminster
South Westminster
South Central Westminster
Westminster shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 5% of the country and others in the top 6%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Westminster's strengths and weaknesses
Where Westminster ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of cities
- BikingBetter than 95% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of cities
- TransitBetter than 85% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 76% of cities
Where Westminster ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,622 a month, better than only 9% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 12% of cities
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Westminster
A household needs to earn about $133,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Westminster home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $102,691, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Westminster's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Westminster
Westminster runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Westminster.
Who works in Westminster, and how
Work in Westminster centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Westminster
Westminster has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Westminster and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Westminster, month by month
Westminster sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 63° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 75° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Westminster
Denver International sits about 19 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 40.1 million passengers in 2025, with 250 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Westminster
Schools across Westminster average a D+, better than 12% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Hulstrom Options K-8 SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Meridian Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Colorado Stem AcademyB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Manning Options SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Westlake Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Rocky Top Middle SchoolB+ · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- D'evelyn Junior/senior High SchoolA · 73% proficient
- Ralston Valley Senior High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- Legacy High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Westminster school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Westminster measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Westminster against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Westminster suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Westminster
Is Westminster a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Westminster ranks 1,239th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, biking, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Westminster expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $524,547. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $102,691 median income, cost of living beats 65% of cities.
Is Westminster safe?
Westminster is safer than 16% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $602 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Westminster?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 45 with lows near 25. That works out to about 87 pleasant days a year, more than 51% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Westminster?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are North Westminster & North Central Westminster, Trendwood-Frankline Square, and East Central Westminster. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Westminster with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Westminster. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Westminster represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Westminster detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Westminster: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Westminster: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Westminster: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Westminster: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Westminster detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.