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Bel Air, MD

10,585 Population
3 square miles 3,485.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 39.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,446 ±$4,044 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $52,391 ±$369
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Maryland: $52,979 ±$282
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,605 ±$10,974 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $99,470 ±$889
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $103,678 ±$597
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±4.4% (1,447  ±459) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 9.8% 271,943 (±0.3% / ±6,907)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Maryland: 9.5% 574,017 (±0.2% / ±10,970)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±1.9 (140,850  ±17,338) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 29.4 34,523,896 (±0.1 / ±262,290)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 31.1 78,350,080 (±0.1 / ±410,720)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,042 ±247 Number of households
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,120,269 ±2,331
  • Maryland: 2,362,928 ±3,782
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (10,397  ±56) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 2.5 2,786,699 (±0 / ±491)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,076,810
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±2.6% (96  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 4.9% 33,546 (±0.2% / ±1,408)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Maryland: 5.1% 74,365 (±0.1% / ±1,886)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,267 ±294 Number of housing units
  • the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 1,201,675 ±344
  • Maryland: 2,560,784 ±424
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$318,400 ±$23,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: $391,300 ±$1,904
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Maryland: $419,900 ±$1,385
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.6% ±2.5% (904  ±259.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.1% 313,938 (±0.3% / ±7,971.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Maryland: 11.3% 695,589 (±0.2% / ±11,276.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±6.2% (7,350  ±608.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 92.3% 1,826,855 (±0.6% / ±11,013.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.2% 3,920,643 (±0.4% / ±16,975.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.1% ±4.6% (3,417  ±398.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 44% 871,152 (±0.4% / ±7,038.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 43.5% 1,868,776 (±0.3% / ±11,133.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.2% ±3.8% (1,190  ±401) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 11.6% 330,199
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Maryland: 16.6% 1,030,670
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±2% (550  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area: 6.8% 150,313 (±0.2% / ±3,434)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 327,493 (±0.1% / ±4,654)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
550 Total veterans ±174 541 Male ±174 9 Female ±14

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