Bel Air vs Riverside

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

Bel Air and Riverside 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 6,149 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($102,262 vs $69,912 in Bel Air). Bel Air has the higher median home value ($297,400 vs $237,300 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Air	Riverside
Population	10,616	6,149
Median age	41.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,912	$102,262
Median home value	$297,400	$237,300
Median gross rent	$1,526	$1,805
Housing units	4,994	2,606
Homeownership rate	58.9%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Air	Riverside
Population	10,071 → 10,616 (+5.4%)	6,038 → 6,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$71,122 → $69,912 (-1.7%)	$76,379 → $102,262 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$245,400 → $297,400 (+21.2%)	$183,400 → $237,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,526 (+19.7%)	$1,412 → $1,805 (+27.8%)

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

Riverside

Population

6,0386,149

Median household income

$76,379$102,262

Median home value

$183,400$237,300

Median gross rent

$1,412$1,805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Air	Riverside
Under 5	3.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	20.2%
35 to 44	15.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.7%
75 and over	10.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Air	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	72.5%	64.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Air	Riverside
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Air	Riverside
Drove alone	80.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.5%	1.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Air	Riverside
1-unit, detached	36.4%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	26.0%
20 or more units	5.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Air	Riverside
Poverty rate	15.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	31
Median year structure built	1978	1991