City safety & data profile
Bel Air NorthMD
Bel Air North, MD is a 31K-resident city in Harford County with a median household income of $137,336.
Harford County, Maryland. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Bel Air North, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Bel Air North has a population larger than 64% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $446,500.
Data updated 2026-09-03
- 31K
- Population (place)
- Top 36%
- By size
- $137,336
- Median income (place)
- $446,500
- Median home (place)
- 3.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Bel Air North
Bel Air North posts a median household income higher than 89% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Top 11%
- by median income, US cities
Where Bel Air North income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$137,336 Top 11% higher than 89% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Largest cities in MD
Population among 121 MD places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
585,708 residents
- Columbia 99,615
Columbia, MD
99,615 residents
- Germantown 86,395
Germantown, MD
86,395 residents
- Silver Spring 71,452
Silver Spring, MD
71,452 residents
- Frederick 69,479
Frederick, MD
69,479 residents
- Waldorf 67,752
Waldorf, MD
67,752 residents
- Glen Burnie 67,639
Glen Burnie, MD
67,639 residents
- Gaithersburg 67,456
Gaithersburg, MD
67,456 residents
- Rockville 66,980
Rockville, MD
66,980 residents
- Ellicott City 65,834
Ellicott City, MD
65,834 residents
What this shows Baltimore is the largest MD city on this list; Travilah leads median income.
Highest median incomes in MD
Median household income among the same 121-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Travilah
Travilah, MD
$250,001 median
- Potomac
Potomac, MD
$236,675 median
- Scaggsville
Scaggsville, MD
$207,220 median
- Bethesda
Bethesda, MD
$192,237 median
- North Potomac
North Potomac, MD
$186,514 median
- Clarksburg
Clarksburg, MD
$176,678 median
- Green Valley
Green Valley, MD
$171,707 median
- Olney
Olney, MD
$171,458 median
- Severna Park
Severna Park, MD
$169,953 median
- Rosaryville
Rosaryville, MD
$158,923 median
What this shows Travilah posts the highest place-level median income in MD; Baltimore is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Bel Air North, MD beyond the headline numbers
Bel Air North sits inside Harford County, Maryland, at roughly 39.55°N, -76.37°W. Population 30,568, $137,336 median household income. Median home value $446,500, median rent $1,624. Poverty rate 3.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
Hardship is low by national standards: 3.5% of Bel Air North, MD residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.
The median home in Bel Air North costs roughly 3.3 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
17.2% of Bel Air North workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, physical inactivity departs furthest from its peer median: 17.8% in Bel Air North, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Bel Air North from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Harford County): Bel Air North's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 3.5% -72% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 3.1% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 48.5% |
| Work From Home | 17.2% |
| Public Transit | 0.4% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Bel Air North?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Bel Air North right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet MD-BEL-AIR-NORTH · Bel Air North
Bel Air North: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
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Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Bel Air North, both outside Maryland so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MD (3.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MD ($137,336 here).
Compare Bel Air North with another city
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Nearby Cities 8
Using Bel Air North's profile
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Harford County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.