Bel Air vs Lonaconing

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

Bel Air and Lonaconing 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 1,093 in Lonaconing). Bel Air has the higher median household income ($87,636 vs $43,947 in Lonaconing). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $77,600 in Lonaconing).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
Population	1,894	1,093
Median age	46.1 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,636	$43,947
Median home value	$189,700	$77,600
Median gross rent	$761	$739
Housing units	713	480
Homeownership rate	90.9%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
Population	1,579 → 1,894 (+19.9%)	1,278 → 1,093 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$54,470 → $87,636 (+60.9%)	$42,500 → $43,947 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $189,700 (+23.5%)	$68,400 → $77,600 (+13.5%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $761 (-5.0%)	$544 → $739 (+35.8%)

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

Lonaconing

Population

1,2781,093

Median household income

$42,500$43,947

Median home value

$68,400$77,600

Median gross rent

$544$739

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
Under 5	8.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	4.1%	11.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.6%
45 to 54	22.6%	18.5%
55 to 64	18.7%	7.3%
65 to 74	4.2%	8.1%
75 and over	5.0%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
No high school diploma	11.2%	10.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	48.9%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
Drove alone	78.2%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.8%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
1-unit, detached	81.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	11.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	7.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Lonaconing
Poverty rate	0.4%	26.8%
Average household size	2.65	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1971	1938