Bel Air South vs Joppatowne

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

Bel Air South 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 South has the higher population (57,702 vs 13,397 in Joppatowne). Bel Air South has the higher median household income ($120,721 vs $109,589 in Joppatowne). Bel Air South has the higher median home value ($384,000 vs $315,000 in Joppatowne).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air South	Joppatowne
Population	57,702	13,397
Median age	38.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$120,721	$109,589
Median home value	$384,000	$315,000
Median gross rent	$1,666	$1,600
Housing units	22,989	5,792
Homeownership rate	82.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.2%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air South	Joppatowne
Population	48,425 → 57,702 (+19.2%)	12,304 → 13,397 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$91,153 → $120,721 (+32.4%)	$89,423 → $109,589 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$281,800 → $384,000 (+36.3%)	$260,900 → $315,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,666 (+31.9%)	$1,161 → $1,600 (+37.8%)

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

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 South	Joppatowne
Under 5	5.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.4%
75 and over	6.4%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air South	Joppatowne
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	71.2%
Black or African American	10.0%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air South	Joppatowne
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	21.3%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.1%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air South	Joppatowne
Drove alone	73.3%	81.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.7%	2.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	10.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air South	Joppatowne
1-unit, detached	49.6%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	30.8%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	5.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air South	Joppatowne
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1991	1975