Aberdeen vs Bel Air

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

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

Aberdeen has the higher population (16,831 vs 10,616 in Bel Air). Aberdeen has the higher median household income ($76,019 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($297,400 vs $239,000 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
Population	16,831	10,616
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,019	$69,912
Median home value	$239,000	$297,400
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,526
Housing units	7,216	4,994
Homeownership rate	64.3%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
Population	15,848 → 16,831 (+6.2%)	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$63,842 → $76,019 (+19.1%)	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$205,900 → $239,000 (+16.1%)	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,339 (+30.4%)	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)

Aberdeen

Population

15,84816,831

Median household income

$63,842$76,019

Median home value

$205,900$239,000

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,339

Bel Air

Population

10,07110,616

Median household income

$71,122$69,912

Median home value

$245,400$297,400

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,526

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.8%
75 and over	5.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	72.5%
Black or African American	29.5%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.6%	1.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.5%
High school graduate	33.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
Drove alone	77.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	9.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
1-unit, detached	58.0%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	31.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Bel Air
Poverty rate	14.1%	15.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1976	1978