Demographics of Bel Air town, Maryland

Bel Air town, Maryland had 10,507 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −179 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Bel Air town, in four figures

10,507
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,585 ±55.; −1.7%
Change since July 2020: −179 people.; 42.6 ±2.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $74,605 ±$10,974
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Bel Air town, Maryland's population shrank 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Bel Air town, Maryland's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Bel Air town, Maryland's population shrank 1.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Bel Air town, Maryland's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,686	100.0	100.0
2021	10,628	99.5	100.2
2022	10,584	99.0	100.7
2023	10,613	99.3	101.6
2024	10,553	98.8	102.5
2025	10,507	98.3	103.1

Population of Bel Air town, Maryland on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,686	—
2021	10,628	−58
2022	10,584	−44
2023	10,613	+29
2024	10,553	−60
2025	10,507	−46

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.6 ±2.5: for men 39.5 ±3.5 and for women 44.4 ±3.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Bel Air town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Maryland	United States
Under 5	338 ±114	3.2% ±1.1	5.7% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,339 ±244	12.6% ±2.3	16.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	970 ±330	9.2% ±3.1	8.5% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	3,033 ±391	28.7% ±3.7	26.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,600 ±375	24.6% ±3.5	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,305 ±344	21.8% ±3.3	16.7% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $74,605 ±$10,974, and income per person $46,446 ±$4,044, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,678 ±$597 in Maryland and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Bel Air town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Maryland	United States
Under $25,000	837 ±248	16.6% ±4.8	11.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	715 ±215	14.2% ±4.2	12.4% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	984 ±229	19.5% ±4.4	12.8% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	490 ±151	9.7% ±3.0	11.9% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	967 ±223	19.2% ±4.3	18.9% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	570 ±194	11.3% ±3.8	12.5% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	479 ±158	9.5% ±3.1	20.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Bel Air town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Maryland	United States
All ages	1,447 ±459	13.8% ±4.4	9.4% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	89 to 275	10.9% ±5.3	11.5% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	345 to 1,019	11.8% ±5.7	8.7% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	583 ±262	19.5% ±8.3	9.3% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Bel Air town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Bel Air town	Maryland	United States
Housing units	5,267 ±294	2,560,784 ±424	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	95.7% ±7.1	92.3% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	1.0% to 7.5%	7.7% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.2% ±4.4	67.6% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	40.8% ±5.5	32.4% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$318,400 ±$23,329	$419,900 ±$1,385	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,492 ±$90	$1,705 ±$8	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1978 ±2	1979 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Bel Air town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Maryland	United States
Hispanic or Latino	1,052 ±414	9.9% ±3.9	12.5% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	7,922 ±557	74.8% ±5.2	46.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	133 to 785	1.3% to 7.4%	28.9% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	239 to 771	2.3% to 7.3%	6.5% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	2 to 60	< 0.1% to 0.6%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 384	0% to 3.6%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	434 ±155	4.1% ±1.5	4.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Bel Air town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Maryland	United States
Born in the state	5,855 ±568	55.3% ±5.4	46.8% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	3,286 ±503	31.0% ±4.7	34.8% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	52 to 456	0.5% to 4.3%	1.8% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,190 ±401	11.2% ±3.8	16.6% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	523 ±245	4.9% ±2.3	9.1% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	315 to 1,019	3.0% to 9.6%	7.5% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Bel Air town among the places of Maryland

132nd of 203 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Maryland page.

Places of Maryland near Bel Air town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Friendly CDP	11,119 ±983
White Marsh CDP	10,932 ±877
Walker Mill CDP	10,931 ±1,139
Halfway CDP	10,849 ±770
La Plata town	10,683 ±24
Bel Air town	10,585 ±55
Scaggsville CDP	10,564 ±1,236
Forestville CDP	10,495 ±1,026
Timonium CDP	10,304 ±1,032
Marlton CDP	10,222 ±1,312
Burtonsville CDP	10,203 ±1,456

Rankings this appears in

No. 9 Places in Maryland by poverty rate
No. 12 Places in Maryland by median age
No. 43 Places in Maryland by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 74 Places in Maryland by foreign-born share
No. 84 Places in Maryland by per capita income
No. 114 Places in Maryland by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026