Algonquin vs Fishing Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Algonquin and Fishing Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Algonquin and Fishing Creek are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Algonquin has the higher population (1,027 vs 179 in Fishing Creek). Algonquin has the higher median home value ($332,600 vs $293,800 in Fishing Creek). Since 2019, Fishing Creek's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
Population	1,027	179
Median age	57.0 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	—
Median home value	$332,600	$293,800
Housing units	531	113
Homeownership rate	92.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
Population	1,237 → 1,027 (-17.0%)	197 → 179 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$76,098 → $72,917 (-4.2%)	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$222,900 → $332,600 (+49.2%)	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,197 (+6.9%)	—

Algonquin

Population

1,2371,027

Median household income

$76,098$72,917

Median home value

$222,900$332,600

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,197

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
Under 5	1.7%	31.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.5%	4.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.9%	23.5%
75 and over	21.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
Drove alone	73.0%	90.9%
Carpooled	23.6%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
1-unit, detached	94.2%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Algonquin	Fishing Creek
Poverty rate	12.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.05	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	22	8
Median year structure built	1959	1950