Westminster, CA Real Estate

Westminster

Westminster is a mature city in central Orange County, bordered by Seal Beach, Garden Grove Huntington Beach and Santa Ana.

In the mid 1970’s, Westminster was one of the major areas impacted by immigration of refugees from the Vietnam war. This was because some of the major Vietnamese government figures from that era settled there. Today, one of the major retail areas of the city is know as Little Saigon.

The city is primarily a bedroom community with most job sources being in other nearby cities, but there are many robust retail areas, including the Westminster Mall.
Because of overlapping district lines, four different school districts serve the city: the Westminster School District, Garden Grove Unified School District, Huntington Beach Union High School District, and the Ocean View School District.

The Highway-39 Drive-in Theater (the last drive-in in Orange County), built in 1955, was redeveloped recently into a shopping center. With Wal-Mart as the anchor for this center, it boosts the sales-tax revenue for Westminster. Westminster Center at Goldenwest was redeveloped, as well as the Westminster Mall.

Most of the area is built out, but there is some new development in the Bolsa Avenue area including both residential and business. The city is conveniently located and is close to both the 22 and 405 freeways. There are many opportunities to acquire moderately priced (by Orange County standards, at least) homes. One big advantage of Westminster is the ability to enjoy all the benefits of OC living – close to beaches, shopping, Disneyland – at an affordable price.

Coastline Community College now serves the community at its satellite campus located adjacent to the Westminster Rose Center, which includes a 411 seat theater and convention/banquet center for community events and programs.