Bel Air, Maryland

Bel Air population, 2020 to 2024

Bel Air lost 303 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -104. Among 46 Maryland places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 46th; the median place changed by +1.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Maryland has 10,155 people, so Bel Air is 1.0 times that size.

Bel Air covers 3.04 square miles of land, for 3,419 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Bel Air is denser than the typical town.

What county Bel Air is in

All of Bel Air's residents live in Harford County, which had 265,514 residents in 2024. Bel Air holds 3.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bel Air

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bel Air by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 21014. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bel Air is

The Census internal point of Bel Air is at 39.534900, -76.346300. Annapolis, the capital, is 39.2 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aberdeen, MD (18,451 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 21.5 miles away.

Daylight in Bel Air

At 39.53° N, Bel Air gets about 14 h 58 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 23 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 35 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bel Air

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Aberdeen, 9.2 miles away, with 18,451 people.