Bel Air is a city of 10,585 people in Maryland. There are 3,492 people per square mile. Households here earn about 28% less than in Maryland as a whole. The median age is 42.6, about 4 years above the US median. About 43% of adults have finished a four-year degree. 59% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $74,605, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
43% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 44%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Bel Air
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate2.8% → 13.8%(+11.1 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$283,688 → $318,400(+12%)US over the same years: +67%
Median household income (2024 dollars)$90,444 → $74,605(−18%)US over the same years: +14%
Bel Air's population equals 4.0% of Harford County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 7.8% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 7.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)6.2%(34)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)26.5%(146)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28%(154)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.5%(14)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II7.1%(39)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 550 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Bel Air, decade by decade
Bel Air population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,860
$90,444
$283,688
26.4%
13.5
2000
10,080
$80,399
$220,785
30.8%
18.8
2010
10,120
$94,153
$350,292
34.2%
28.4
2020
10,661
$73,299
$310,767
37.7%
44.4
2024
10,585
$74,605
$318,400
43.0%
52.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
