Bel Air vs Havre de Grace

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

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

Havre de Grace has the higher population (14,857 vs 10,616 in Bel Air). Havre de Grace has the higher median household income ($106,798 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Havre de Grace has the higher median home value ($348,800 vs $297,400 in Bel Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
Population	10,616	14,857
Median age	41.1 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$106,798
Median home value	$297,400	$348,800
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,314
Housing units	4,994	6,629
Homeownership rate	58.9%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
Population	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)	13,652 → 14,857 (+8.8%)
Median household income	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)	$77,690 → $106,798 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)	$287,500 → $348,800 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)	$1,003 → $1,314 (+31.0%)

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

Havre de Grace

Population

13,65214,857

Median household income

$77,690$106,798

Median home value

$287,500$348,800

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.0%
75 and over	10.5%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	74.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	12.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
No high school diploma	8.5%	7.1%
High school graduate	26.5%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	19.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
Drove alone	80.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	8.6%
Public transit	0.5%	1.6%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.1%	17.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
1-unit, detached	36.4%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	23.8%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	11.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Havre de Grace
Poverty rate	15.4%	9.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1978	1991