Bel Air vs Westernport

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

Bel Air and Westernport 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 1,864 in Westernport). Bel Air has the higher median household income ($87,636 vs $52,059 in Westernport). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $85,800 in Westernport).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Westernport
Population	1,894	1,864
Median age	46.1 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,636	$52,059
Median home value	$189,700	$85,800
Median gross rent	$761	$727
Housing units	713	997
Homeownership rate	90.9%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Westernport
Population	1,579 → 1,894 (+19.9%)	2,156 → 1,864 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$54,470 → $87,636 (+60.9%)	$42,014 → $52,059 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$153,600 → $189,700 (+23.5%)	$68,600 → $85,800 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $761 (-5.0%)	$640 → $727 (+13.6%)

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

Westernport

Population

2,1561,864

Median household income

$42,014$52,059

Median home value

$68,600$85,800

Median gross rent

$640$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Westernport
Under 5	8.7%	10.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	15.1%
25 to 34	10.3%	6.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	22.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	4.2%	9.4%
75 and over	5.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Westernport
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Westernport
No high school diploma	11.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Westernport
Drove alone	78.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Westernport
1-unit, detached	81.1%	69.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Westernport
Poverty rate	0.4%	22.0%
Average household size	2.65	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1971	1944