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Thornton vs Westminster

Thornton and Westminster are both in Adams County. There are 393 homes for sale in Thornton and 325 in Westminster as this page loaded. Westminster is the more expensive of the two: a median asking price of $520,000 against $500,000 in Thornton, about 4% higher. Homes are moving faster in Thornton — a median of 47 days on market against 54 in Westminster. Thornton is a seller's market right now and Westminster is a balanced market.

Side by side

MeasureThorntonWestminster
Homes for sale393325
New in last 30 days125101
Median asking price$500,000$520,000
Median price per sq ft$273$285
Median size (sq ft)1,8271,768
Median bedrooms33
Median days on market4754
Months of supply2.83.9
Sold, last 12 months1,702989
Median sold price$520,000$543,800
Median days to sell6154
Sold vs asking price100.0%100.0%

The darker figure in each row is the lower price, the shorter wait or the larger number — which of those is the good news depends entirely on whether you are buying or selling.

What each market is doing

Thornton is a seller's marketUnder three months of supply means the homes for sale would run out in under three months at the current pace of sales. Sellers tend to hold their price and good homes go quickly.
Westminster is a balanced marketBetween three and six months of supply is the range where neither side has the upper hand - well-priced homes sell and buyers still have room to negotiate.

Thornton

393
Homes for sale
$500,000
Median asking price
$273
Median per sq ft
47
Median days on market

Westminster

325
Homes for sale
$520,000
Median asking price
$285
Median per sq ft
54
Median days on market

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Questions people ask

Is Thornton or Westminster more expensive?

Westminster is more expensive. The median asking price is $520,000 in Westminster against $500,000 in Thornton. By price per square foot, Thornton runs $273 and Westminster $285.

Which moves faster, Thornton or Westminster?

Homes for sale in Thornton have been on the market a median of 47 days, against 54 days in Westminster. Of the homes that actually closed in the last twelve months, Thornton took a median of 61 days and Westminster 54.

Is Thornton or Westminster the better market for a buyer?

Thornton is a seller's market and Westminster is a balanced market, measured on months of supply — 2.8 months in Thornton and 3.9 in Westminster. More months of supply means more choice and more room to negotiate, so on that measure Westminster is the easier of the two to buy in today. That is the arithmetic, not advice — the right town is the one you want to live in.

How many homes are for sale in Thornton and Westminster?

There are 393 homes for sale in Thornton and 325 in Westminster as this page loaded, 125 and 101 of them new in the last 30 days.

How current are these figures?

They are not published on a schedule and they are not a monthly snapshot. Both towns are read from the live MLS feed at the same instant, when you open this page, so the two sides are always measured against each other rather than against different weeks.

Both sides of this comparison are recalculated from the live MLS feed at the moment the page loads - neither is a monthly snapshot, and the two are read at the same instant so they are always comparable. Figures cover residential homes for sale; rentals, land and commercial are excluded, as are fractional co-ownership shares, which are priced per share and would distort the medians. Sold figures cover the last twelve complete calendar months. Market data is deemed reliable but not guaranteed - talk to us before making a decision on it.

The listings these figures are drawn from were last changed at the MLS on October 27, 2026 at 8:55 AM Mountain time. The figures themselves are worked out again from scratch every time this page is opened.

Common questions, answered with live Colorado numbers