Aberdeen vs Bel Air North

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

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

Bel Air North has the higher population (31,599 vs 16,831 in Aberdeen). Bel Air North has the higher median household income ($137,995 vs $76,019 in Aberdeen). Bel Air North has the higher median home value ($422,700 vs $239,000 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
Population	16,831	31,599
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,019	$137,995
Median home value	$239,000	$422,700
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,651
Housing units	7,216	11,223
Homeownership rate	64.3%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
Population	15,848 → 16,831 (+6.2%)	31,941 → 31,599 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$63,842 → $76,019 (+19.1%)	$107,689 → $137,995 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$205,900 → $239,000 (+16.1%)	$340,700 → $422,700 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,339 (+30.4%)	$1,495 → $1,651 (+10.4%)

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 North

Population

31,94131,599

Median household income

$107,689$137,995

Median home value

$340,700$422,700

Median gross rent

$1,495$1,651

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.3%	20.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.4%
75 and over	5.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	86.4%
Black or African American	29.5%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
Drove alone	77.4%	78.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	4.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	15.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
1-unit, detached	58.0%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	22.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Bel Air North
Poverty rate	14.1%	3.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1976	1991