Bel Air vs Bel Air North

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

Bel Air and Bel Air North 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 10,616 in Bel Air). Bel Air North has the higher median household income ($137,995 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Bel Air North has the higher median home value ($422,700 vs $297,400 in Bel Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
Population	10,616	31,599
Median age	41.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$137,995
Median home value	$297,400	$422,700
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,651
Housing units	4,994	11,223
Homeownership rate	58.9%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
Population	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)	31,941 → 31,599 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)	$107,689 → $137,995 (+28.1%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)	$340,700 → $422,700 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)	$1,495 → $1,651 (+10.4%)

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

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

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
Under 5	3.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	15.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.4%
75 and over	10.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	86.4%
Black or African American	4.3%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
Drove alone	80.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	4.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	15.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
1-unit, detached	36.4%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	22.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Bel Air North
Poverty rate	15.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1978	1991