Bel Air vs Frostburg

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

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

Frostburg has the higher population (7,025 vs 1,894 in Bel Air). Bel Air has the higher median household income ($87,636 vs $51,052 in Frostburg). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $172,600 in Frostburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Frostburg
Population	1,894	7,025
Median age	46.1 yrs	25.6 yrs
Median household income	$87,636	$51,052
Median home value	$189,700	$172,600
Median gross rent	$761	$865
Housing units	713	3,075
Homeownership rate	90.9%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Frostburg
Population	1,579 → 1,894 (+19.9%)	8,591 → 7,025 (-18.2%)
Median household income	$54,470 → $87,636 (+60.9%)	$42,699 → $51,052 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $189,700 (+23.5%)	$139,000 → $172,600 (+24.2%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $761 (-5.0%)	$745 → $865 (+16.1%)

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

Frostburg

Population

8,5917,025

Median household income

$42,699$51,052

Median home value

$139,000$172,600

Median gross rent

$745$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Frostburg
Under 5	8.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	7.2%
18 to 24	4.1%	36.9%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	7.4%
45 to 54	22.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	18.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	4.2%	10.9%
75 and over	5.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Frostburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	81.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	2.4%
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%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Frostburg
No high school diploma	11.2%	7.4%
High school graduate	37.9%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Frostburg
Drove alone	78.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.8%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Frostburg
1-unit, detached	81.1%	55.3%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Frostburg
Poverty rate	0.4%	27.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1971	1960