Westminster, Maryland

Westminster population, 2020 to 2024

Westminster added 532 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.6%. In the latest year it moved by +35. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Westminster is 2.0 times that size.

Westminster covers 6.76 square miles of land, for 3,057 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Westminster is denser than the typical town.

What county Westminster is in

All of Westminster's residents live in Carroll County, which had 177,108 residents in 2024. Westminster holds 11.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Westminster

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Westminster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 21157, 21158. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Westminster is

The Census internal point of Westminster is at 39.579200, -77.006700. Annapolis, the capital, is 49.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Frederick, MD (89,537 people), 23.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 28.6 miles away.

Daylight in Westminster

At 39.58° N, Westminster gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 22 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 36 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Westminster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is New Windsor, 5.5 miles away, with 1,758 people.