Work & commute · Bel Air

Work & commute in Bel Air, MD

Most working residents leave Bel Air for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Baltimore (12%), Bel Air South (5%) and Towson (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

732 of 4,914 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,182 Bel Air residents head out of town to work, 732 work right here, and 14,183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bel Air.

4,182live here, work elsewhere

732live and work here

14,183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bel Air goes to work

Bel Air (in town)right here

15%732

Baltimore21.5 mi away

12%605

Bel Air South2.7 mi away

5%245

Towson17.4 mi away

4%194

Bel Air North1.9 mi away

4%178

Cockeysville15.6 mi away

3%134

Aberdeen9.2 mi away

2%108

Edgewood8.3 mi away

2%92

Rossville14.2 mi away

2%88

Riverside6.7 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,462

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Bel Air commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

38%

37%

15%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bel Air is a job hub

3.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Bel Air are

14,915 jobs are based in Bel Air. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bel Air’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bel Air

14,915 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bel Air residents hold

4,914 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+44%

Jobs based in Bel Air, 2013 → 2023: 10,364 → 14,915. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.