Bel Air is a medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 10,490 people and 15 associated neighborhoods, Bel Air is the 74th largest community in Maryland.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bel Air is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bel Air is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bel Air who work in management occupations (12.95%), sales jobs (9.43%), and food service (9.23%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.07% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Bel Air citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.78% of adults in Bel Air have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bel Air in 2022 was $41,838, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $167,352 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. Bel Air also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.67% of the town’s residents. 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.
