Bel Air North Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Bel Air North, Maryland: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Bel Air North: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Bel Air North spend about 64 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 266 hours, about 11.1 full days, spent commuting. That is 13% more time on the road than the Maryland average of 28.3 minutes each way, a difference of 3.6 minutes.

Bel Air North holds about 0.5% of Maryland's population and accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Bel Air North would save about 106 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $3,296 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area	One-Way Commute	Daily Round-Trip	Yearly Time Spent	Estimated Yearly Cost	Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Bel Air North	31.9 min	63.8 min	266 hrs/yr	$8,241	2,789
Maryland	28.3 min	56.5 min	236 hrs/yr	$7,301	2,353
United States	22.4 min	44.8 min	187 hrs/yr	$5,790	1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Bel Air North Commute Map

On average, it takes 31.9 minutes to get to work in Bel Air North. That's 42% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 15.8% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Bel Air North

Walking is unusually rare in Bel Air North: 3.1 times less than the Maryland average (0.7% vs 2.0%).

Public transit is unusually rare in Bel Air North: 9.4 times less than the Maryland average (0.4% vs 4.2%).

Commute Mode Trends in Bel Air North, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Bel Air North get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show commute mode data by year

Year	Car	Worked at Home	Other	Walked	Taxi	Public Transportation	Bicycle	Motorcycle
2009	94.0%	3.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.1%
2010	93.9%	3.7%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%	1.3%	0.0%	0.1%
2011	94.5%	3.7%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
2012	93.7%	4.1%	0.4%	0.7%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2013	94.1%	3.9%	0.4%	0.5%	0.0%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2014	93.9%	4.2%	0.2%	0.6%	0.1%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2015	92.8%	4.9%	0.3%	0.8%	0.1%	1.2%	0.0%	0.0%
2016	92.9%	4.8%	0.3%	0.6%	0.0%	1.4%	0.0%	0.0%
2017	92.9%	5.0%	0.2%	0.5%	0.1%	1.3%	0.1%	0.0%
2018	92.5%	5.6%	0.1%	0.6%	0.1%	1.1%	0.0%	0.0%
2019	92.8%	5.6%	0.1%	0.4%	0.0%	1.0%	0.0%	0.0%
2020	90.5%	8.2%	0.2%	0.3%	0.0%	0.6%	0.0%	0.0%
2021	87.5%	11.0%	0.2%	0.5%	0.0%	0.6%	0.2%	0.0%
2022	85.4%	12.2%	0.4%	0.9%	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
2023	83.4%	14.4%	0.3%	0.8%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
2024	81.4%	15.8%	1.0%	0.7%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2011 at 94.5%. Overall it fell from 94.0% in 2009 to 81.4% in 2024, down 12.6 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 5 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Bel Air North: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 15.8% in 2024, up 12.3 percentage points. Most of that increase, 10.2 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.1% to 0.4% of workers (down 0.7 percentage points).

Taking a taxi overtook riding a motorcycle to become the 5th most common choice in the 2022 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Bel Air North

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Bel Air North?

The bars show when commuters in Bel Air North leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Maryland for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM		3.7%
5:00-5:29 AM		5.0%
5:30-5:59 AM		5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM		9.5%
6:30-6:59 AM		9.0%
7:00-7:29 AM		18.8%
7:30-7:59 AM		9.9%
8:00-8:29 AM		13.5%
8:30-8:59 AM		6.5%
9:00-9:59 AM		6.0%
10:00-10:59 AM		2.1%
11:00-11:59 AM		1.7%
12:00-3:59 PM		4.9%
4:00-11:59 PM		4.1%

Bel Air North Maryland Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Bel Air North is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 18.8% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.0% across Maryland. Early starts are about as common as in Maryland: 14.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 14.8% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Maryland: 51.1% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 45.3% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (18.8%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Bel Air North, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Bel Air North Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Bel Air North next to Maryland and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Show typical departure times by year

Year	Bel Air North	Maryland	United States
2009	7:34 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2010	7:34 AM	7:36 AM	7:38 AM
2011	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2012	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2013	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2014	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:39 AM
2015	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2016	7:27 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2017	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:38 AM
2018	7:29 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2019	7:28 AM	7:35 AM	7:37 AM
2020	7:28 AM	7:36 AM	7:37 AM
2021	7:28 AM	7:37 AM	7:37 AM
2022	7:29 AM	7:38 AM	7:37 AM
2023	7:28 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM
2024	7:28 AM	7:39 AM	7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Bel Air North were on the road by 7:28 AM, 6 minutes earlier than in 2009 (7:34 AM). That goes against the trend across Maryland, where the typical commuter now leaves 4 minutes later than in 2009. Commuters in Bel Air North now leave 10 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM).

How does Bel Air North's commute time compare?

Metric	Bel Air North	Maryland	US Average
Avg. Commute Time	31.9 min	28.3 min	22.4 min
Departure Window	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM	07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	08:00 AM – 08:29 AM	07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home	15.8%	19.3%	15.0%
Walked	0.7%	2.0%	2.4%
Public Transit	0.4%	4.2%	3.2%

The average commute time in Bel Air North is 31.9 minutes, longer than the 28.3 minutes in Maryland.

0.4% commute by public transit, lower than the 4.2% in Maryland. 0.7% commute by walking, lower than the 2.0% in Maryland.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Bel Air North, MD Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Bel Air North, MD compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area	Population	One-way commute	Work from home	Typical departure
Bel Air North, MD	29,691	31.9 min #2/2	15.8% #2/2	7:28 AM #1/2
Bel Air South, MD	54,835	28.8 min	18.9%	7:36 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Bel Air North, Maryland.

Is living in Bel Air North, Maryland good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 266 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $8,241 at a typical national wage. That's 13% more than the typical Maryland commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Bel Air North, Maryland?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Bel Air North, Maryland. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

Is public transportation a realistic commute option in Bel Air North, Maryland?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.4% of commuters use it versus 4.2% in Maryland, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.