Bel Air vs Bowling Green

A side-by-side comparison of Bel Air and Bowling Green: population, income, housing, and more.

Bel Air and Bowling Green are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bel Air has the higher population (1,894 vs 1,096 in Bowling Green). Bel Air has the higher median household income ($87,636 vs $71,875 in Bowling Green). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $123,600 in Bowling Green).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
Population	1,894	1,096
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$87,636	$71,875
Median home value	$189,700	$123,600
Median gross rent	$761	$852
Housing units	713	616
Homeownership rate	90.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
Population	1,579 → 1,894 (+19.9%)	1,217 → 1,096 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$54,470 → $87,636 (+60.9%)	$55,500 → $71,875 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $189,700 (+23.5%)	$104,600 → $123,600 (+18.2%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $761 (-5.0%)	$675 → $852 (+26.2%)

Bel Air

Population

1,5791,894

Median household income

$54,470$87,636

Median home value

$153,600$189,700

Median gross rent

$801$761

Bowling Green

Population

1,2171,096

Median household income

$55,500$71,875

Median home value

$104,600$123,600

Median gross rent

$675$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
Under 5	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	17.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	5.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	17.4%
45 to 54	22.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	18.7%	20.6%
65 to 74	4.2%	7.3%
75 and over	5.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
No high school diploma	11.2%	0.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
Drove alone	78.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
1-unit, detached	81.1%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Bowling Green
Poverty rate	0.4%	9.2%
Average household size	2.65	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	15
Median year structure built	1971	1959