Abingdon vs Bel Air

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

Abingdon and Bel Air 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 (10,616 vs 5,727 in Abingdon). Abingdon has the higher median household income ($147,652 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Abingdon has the higher median home value ($358,700 vs $297,400 in Bel Air).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Bel Air
Population	5,727	10,616
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$147,652	$69,912
Median home value	$358,700	$297,400
Median gross rent	$1,940	$1,526
Housing units	1,863	4,994
Homeownership rate	93.4%	58.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Bel Air
Population	5,324 → 5,727 (+7.6%)	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$128,478 → $147,652 (+14.9%)	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)
Median home value	$310,700 → $358,700 (+15.4%)	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,774 → $1,940 (+9.4%)	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)

Abingdon

Population

5,3245,727

Median household income

$128,478$147,652

Median home value

$310,700$358,700

Median gross rent

$1,774$1,940

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)

	Abingdon	Bel Air
Under 5	12.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.8%
75 and over	2.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Bel Air
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	72.5%
Black or African American	40.4%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	1.7%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	12.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Bel Air
No high school diploma	4.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	22.2%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Bel Air
Drove alone	81.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.9%
Public transit	2.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	5.6%	9.1%
Other means	0.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Bel Air
1-unit, detached	63.0%	36.4%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	31.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Bel Air
Poverty rate	4.5%	15.4%
Average household size	3.11	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1998	1978