Bel Air vs Edgewood

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

Bel Air and Edgewood are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Edgewood has the higher population (25,170 vs 10,616 in Bel Air). Edgewood has the higher median household income ($86,355 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($297,400 vs $234,700 in Edgewood).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Edgewood
Population	10,616	25,170
Median age	41.1 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$86,355
Median home value	$297,400	$234,700
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,435
Housing units	4,994	10,133
Homeownership rate	58.9%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Edgewood
Population	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)	25,574 → 25,170 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)	$68,952 → $86,355 (+25.2%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)	$182,300 → $234,700 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)	$1,230 → $1,435 (+16.7%)

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

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	Edgewood
Under 5	3.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.7%
75 and over	10.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Edgewood
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	36.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	44.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Edgewood
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	26.5%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Edgewood
Drove alone	80.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.8%
Public transit	0.5%	1.7%
Walked	2.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.1%	9.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Edgewood
1-unit, detached	36.4%	42.0%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	33.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	12.3%
20 or more units	5.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Edgewood
Poverty rate	15.4%	10.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1978	1982