Bel Air South vs Edgewood

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

Bel Air South 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 South has the higher population (57,702 vs 25,170 in Edgewood). Bel Air South has the higher median household income ($120,721 vs $86,355 in Edgewood). Bel Air South has the higher median home value ($384,000 vs $234,700 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air South	Edgewood
Population	57,702	25,170
Median age	38.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$120,721	$86,355
Median home value	$384,000	$234,700
Median gross rent	$1,666	$1,435
Housing units	22,989	10,133
Homeownership rate	82.7%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air South	Edgewood
Population	48,425 → 57,702 (+19.2%)	25,574 → 25,170 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$91,153 → $120,721 (+32.4%)	$68,952 → $86,355 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$281,800 → $384,000 (+36.3%)	$182,300 → $234,700 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,666 (+31.9%)	$1,230 → $1,435 (+16.7%)

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

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 South	Edgewood
Under 5	5.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.8%	8.7%
75 and over	6.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air South	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	36.3%
Black or African American	10.0%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air South	Edgewood
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	21.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air South	Edgewood
Drove alone	73.3%	74.6%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.7%	1.7%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	17.7%	9.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air South	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	49.6%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	30.8%	33.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	12.3%
20 or more units	5.1%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air South	Edgewood
Poverty rate	4.2%	10.5%
Average household size	2.58	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1991	1982