Bel Air North vs Joppatowne

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

Bel Air North and Joppatowne 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 13,397 in Joppatowne). Bel Air North has the higher median household income ($137,995 vs $109,589 in Joppatowne). Bel Air North has the higher median home value ($422,700 vs $315,000 in Joppatowne).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
Population	31,599	13,397
Median age	40.5 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$137,995	$109,589
Median home value	$422,700	$315,000
Median gross rent	$1,651	$1,600
Housing units	11,223	5,792
Homeownership rate	90.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.7%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
Population	31,941 → 31,599 (-1.1%)	12,304 → 13,397 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$107,689 → $137,995 (+28.1%)	$89,423 → $109,589 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$340,700 → $422,700 (+24.1%)	$260,900 → $315,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,495 → $1,651 (+10.4%)	$1,161 → $1,600 (+37.8%)

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

Joppatowne

Population

12,30413,397

Median household income

$89,423$109,589

Median home value

$260,900$315,000

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
Under 5	5.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.4%	10.4%
75 and over	6.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	71.2%
Black or African American	4.4%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.8%
High school graduate	21.7%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
Drove alone	78.6%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.1%
Public transit	0.3%	2.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	10.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
1-unit, detached	65.6%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	22.0%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air North	Joppatowne
Poverty rate	3.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.84	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1991	1975