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Housing in Westminster

A typical Westminster home is worth roughly $314,000

Typical home value
$314K
VT $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,240
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,480
VT $5,039

What kind of housing town is Westminster?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240

Renters already here pay a median of $749, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$940
1 bedroom$1,010
2 bedrooms$1,240
3 bedrooms$1,520
4 bedrooms$1,640
20%
of households rent · VT 27%
33
renter households
$749
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Windham County, VT): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

80% of Westminster households own their home

Half of Westminster’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 80%Rent 20%

Vermont: 73% own.

1938
typical home built · VT 1976
$4,480
median property tax bill · VT $5,039

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Affordability

What it takes to buy in Westminster

Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$288,000
Typical Westminster home $314K

That’s $26K short of a typical Westminster home.

The typical home, each month
$2,060
Loan $1,550Tax $420Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,240 a month here, $820 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Westminster ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Vermont typical property tax (1.59% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Next door

Westminster vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Westminster. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Westminster$314K*—$1,240—$81,000
Walpole$449K−0.1%$1,8209$82,617

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

Neighbors talk housing

What Westminster buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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