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Westminster, CA vs Thornton, CO

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- The average commute for residents of Thornton is 3.3% longer than it is for residents of Westminster.
- 20.9% more residents of Thornton work from home compared to residents of Westminster.
 Westminster, CAThornton, COUnited States
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 Commute Mode
 Westminster, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Auto (alone)73.6%  Unlock73.2%
 Carpool  Unlock10.0%8.6%
 Mass Transit1.1%  Unlock4.2%
 Bicycle  Unlock0.2%0.5%
 Walk1.1%  Unlock2.5%
 Work at Home  Unlock10.1%9.7%
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 Commute Time To Work
 Westminster, CAThornton, COUnited States
 Commute Less Than 5 min.1.5%  Unlock2.9%
 Commute 6 to 9 min.  Unlock4.2%9.5%
 Commute 10 to 14 min.11.1%  Unlock13.2%
 Commute 15 to 19 min.  Unlock13.1%15.2%
 Commute 20 to 24 min.13.6%  Unlock14.3%
 Commute 25 to 29 min.  Unlock7.0%6.7%
 Commute 30 to 34 min.20.2%  Unlock13.7%
 Commute 35 to 39 min.  Unlock5.5%3.1%
 Commute 40 to 44 min.5.3%  Unlock4.0%
 Commute 45 to 59 min.  Unlock11.9%8.2%
 Commute 60 to 89 min.7.3%  Unlock6.2%
 Commute greater than 90 min.  Unlock2.8%2.9%
Reviews for Westminster    8 Reviews

Over 11 years ago

The weather patterns have been slowly changing over the past three years. Sun burns off the fog in the morning hours from early June through July over past 3 years.   More

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Over 16 years ago

Westminster is a very busy, albeit somewhatsafer area to live. It's nicely located not far from freeways or the beach, has a good mall and plenty of shopping options.  More

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Over 16 years ago

Great weather year round. Summers are usually in the high 70s-80s, and occasionally peak in the low 90s. Winters are moderate (70's). You can literally ski, hike  More

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Reviews for Thornton    5 Reviews

Good place. Very suburbany (similar to the Springs). The houses are very small and old and yet still very expensive (albeit cheaper than southern Denver). Actually lots  More

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Over 5 years ago

I like Denver metro, but some cities aren’t too great. Thornton being one of them. Moved here because of highway access, and convenience to DIA for business travel. Am  More

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Over 10 years ago

The quality of life here in not good. The traffic is bad all the time. To try to get to the mountains takes forever! Also most lakes along the front range you can't even  More

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