Bel Air vs Cresaptown

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

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

Cresaptown has the higher population (5,238 vs 1,894 in Bel Air). Bel Air has the higher median household income ($87,636 vs $53,804 in Cresaptown). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $148,400 in Cresaptown).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
Population	1,894	5,238
Median age	46.1 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,636	$53,804
Median home value	$189,700	$148,400
Median gross rent	$761	$838
Housing units	713	1,214
Homeownership rate	90.9%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
Population	1,579 → 1,894 (+19.9%)	5,916 → 5,238 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$54,470 → $87,636 (+60.9%)	$46,046 → $53,804 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $189,700 (+23.5%)	$138,800 → $148,400 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $761 (-5.0%)	$721 → $838 (+16.2%)

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

Cresaptown

Population

5,9165,238

Median household income

$46,046$53,804

Median home value

$138,800$148,400

Median gross rent

$721$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
Under 5	8.7%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	22.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	21.3%
45 to 54	22.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	18.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.1%
75 and over	5.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	40.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
No high school diploma	11.2%	26.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
Drove alone	78.2%	89.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
1-unit, detached	81.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Cresaptown
Poverty rate	0.4%	10.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1971	1965