Bel Air is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 10,596 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Bel Air is the 74th largest community in Maryland.Bel Air is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.04% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bel Air is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bel Air who work in management occupations (13.85%), sales jobs (11.39%), and office and administrative support (9.67%). Also of interest is that Bel Air has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The population of Bel Air is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.24% of adults in Bel Air have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bel Air in 2022 was $42,103, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $168,412 for a family of four. However, Bel Air contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bel Air is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Bel Air home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bel Air residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bel Air include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Bel Air is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
