Aberdeen vs Bel Air South

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

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

Bel Air South has the higher population (57,702 vs 16,831 in Aberdeen). Bel Air South has the higher median household income ($120,721 vs $76,019 in Aberdeen). Bel Air South has the higher median home value ($384,000 vs $239,000 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
Population	16,831	57,702
Median age	39.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,019	$120,721
Median home value	$239,000	$384,000
Median gross rent	$1,339	$1,666
Housing units	7,216	22,989
Homeownership rate	64.3%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
Population	15,848 → 16,831 (+6.2%)	48,425 → 57,702 (+19.2%)
Median household income	$63,842 → $76,019 (+19.1%)	$91,153 → $120,721 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$205,900 → $239,000 (+16.1%)	$281,800 → $384,000 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,339 (+30.4%)	$1,263 → $1,666 (+31.9%)

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 South

Population

48,42557,702

Median household income

$91,153$120,721

Median home value

$281,800$384,000

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
Under 5	6.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.8%
75 and over	5.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	74.2%
Black or African American	29.5%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
No high school diploma	8.5%	4.3%
High school graduate	33.0%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
Drove alone	77.4%	73.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.7%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	17.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
1-unit, detached	58.0%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	13.2%	30.8%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	13.7%
20 or more units	5.7%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Bel Air South
Poverty rate	14.1%	4.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1976	1991