 The per capita income for the CDP was $24,679.About 5.5% of families and 7.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.4% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those age 65 or over.Beltsville's history dates back to 1649, when the land was part of an land grant given to Richard Snowden I by Lord Baltimore of England.