Bel Air vs Fallston

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

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

Bel Air has the higher population (10,616 vs 9,954 in Fallston). Fallston has the higher median household income ($154,400 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Fallston has the higher median home value ($529,600 vs $297,400 in Bel Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Fallston
Population	10,616	9,954
Median age	41.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$154,400
Median home value	$297,400	$529,600
Median gross rent	$1,526	$2,159
Housing units	4,994	3,470
Homeownership rate	58.9%	96.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	49.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Fallston
Population	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)	8,972 → 9,954 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)	$128,561 → $154,400 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)	$392,000 → $529,600 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)	$1,148 → $2,159 (+88.1%)

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

Fallston

Population

8,9729,954

Median household income

$128,561$154,400

Median home value

$392,000$529,600

Median gross rent

$1,148$2,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Fallston
Under 5	3.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.3%
35 to 44	15.7%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	14.8%
75 and over	10.5%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Fallston
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	86.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Fallston
No high school diploma	8.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	26.5%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Fallston
Drove alone	80.5%	63.5%
Carpooled	4.9%	14.1%
Public transit	0.5%	1.3%
Walked	2.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	19.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Fallston
1-unit, detached	36.4%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Fallston
Poverty rate	15.4%	4.9%
Average household size	2.16	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	37
Median year structure built	1978	1976