Bel Air North vs Edgewood

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

Bel Air North and Edgewood 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 25,170 in Edgewood). Bel Air North has the higher median household income ($137,995 vs $86,355 in Edgewood). Bel Air North has the higher median home value ($422,700 vs $234,700 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
Population	31,599	25,170
Median age	40.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$137,995	$86,355
Median home value	$422,700	$234,700
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,435
Housing units	11,223	10,133
Homeownership rate	90.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
Population	31,941 → 31,599 (-1.1%)	25,574 → 25,170 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$107,689 → $137,995 (+28.1%)	$68,952 → $86,355 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$340,700 → $422,700 (+24.1%)	$182,300 → $234,700 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,495 → $1,651 (+10.4%)	$1,230 → $1,435 (+16.7%)

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

Edgewood

Population

25,57425,170

Median household income

$68,952$86,355

Median home value

$182,300$234,700

Median gross rent

$1,230$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
Under 5	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.7%
75 and over	6.9%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	36.3%
Black or African American	4.4%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	21.7%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
Drove alone	78.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	1.7%
Walked	0.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	65.6%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	22.0%	33.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	12.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air North	Edgewood
Poverty rate	3.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.84	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1991	1982