Population

58,137

US Census ACS 2024 5-year average

Median home value

$405,900

Owner-occupied units

Bel Air South, MD

Maryland · 39.508° N, 76.309° W · 21 sq mi

Bel Air South is a city in Maryland, with a population of 58,137 and about 2,733 residents per square mile. The median household earns $123,653 a year, and the median home is worth $405,900.

Conditions

Humidity & wind

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Sunrise & sunset

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

21 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

2,733

People per square mile

Rank by population

#761

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#625

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$123,653

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,757

Per month

Homeownership

81.9%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

30.5 min

One way

People

Median age

38.5

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

49.4%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

Households

22,348

2.59 people each

What people here do for work

Education & health care 24.4^%

Professional & business services 16.5^%

Public administration 9.6^%

Retail trade 8.3^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Maryland

Name

Annette Lerner & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$5.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Chevy Chase

Source of wealth

Real estate

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Maryland · private sector

Employer

Johns Hopkins

Sector

Education & health

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in Maryland

Company

Lockheed Martin

Revenue

$71.0B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Bethesda

Ticker

LMT

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Maryland

State bird

Baltimore Oriole

State flower

Black-eyed Susan

State capital

Annapolis

Nickname

The Old Line State

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