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Cost of living in Bel Air South, Maryland

Bel Air South, Maryland has about 58,137 people. Typical rent is $1,757 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $123,653 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #32 in Maryland on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,757 a month.

Bel Air South is a Census community, not a separate city government in Maryland. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $123,653 a year.

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People
58,137
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,757
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$123,653
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$405,900
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$2,006
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD MSA

Bel Air South, Maryland has about 58,137 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $405,900.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Harford County is $2,006 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Bel Air South. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD metro area, prices sit at 104.5 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

Maryland taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Bel Air South's exact store tax.

Some places in Maryland add a local wage tax. In 2023 the state average was about 2.40% of income. That is not a Bel Air South bill.

In July 2026, a typical Maryland home paid 21.41¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Bel Air South's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Maryland in the table we use.

Among 293 places we list in Maryland with a rent figure, 149 have higher typical rent than Bel Air South.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.