Bel Air vs Joppatowne

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

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

Joppatowne has the higher population (13,397 vs 10,616 in Bel Air). Joppatowne has the higher median household income ($109,589 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Joppatowne has the higher median home value ($315,000 vs $297,400 in Bel Air).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Joppatowne
Population	10,616	13,397
Median age	41.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$109,589
Median home value	$297,400	$315,000
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,600
Housing units	4,994	5,792
Homeownership rate	58.9%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Joppatowne
Population	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)	12,304 → 13,397 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)	$89,423 → $109,589 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)	$260,900 → $315,000 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)	$1,161 → $1,600 (+37.8%)

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

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	Joppatowne
Under 5	3.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.4%
75 and over	10.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Joppatowne
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	71.2%
Black or African American	4.3%	19.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Joppatowne
No high school diploma	8.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	26.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Joppatowne
Drove alone	80.5%	81.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.5%	2.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Joppatowne
1-unit, detached	36.4%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Joppatowne
Poverty rate	15.4%	7.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1978	1975