Algonquin vs Secretary

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

Algonquin and Secretary 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 598 in Secretary). Algonquin has the higher median household income ($72,917 vs $68,333 in Secretary). Algonquin has the higher median home value ($332,600 vs $172,100 in Secretary).

Population, income & housing

	Algonquin	Secretary
Population	1,027	598
Median age	57.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$72,917	$68,333
Median home value	$332,600	$172,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,135
Housing units	531	269
Homeownership rate	92.3%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algonquin	Secretary
Population	1,237 → 1,027 (-17.0%)	445 → 598 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$76,098 → $72,917 (-4.2%)	$44,167 → $68,333 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$222,900 → $332,600 (+49.2%)	$142,900 → $172,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,120 → $1,197 (+6.9%)	$1,217 → $1,135 (-6.7%)

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

Secretary

Population

445598

Median household income

$44,167$68,333

Median home value

$142,900$172,100

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algonquin	Secretary
Under 5	1.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	20.7%
45 to 54	6.5%	5.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	16.9%	9.5%
75 and over	21.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algonquin	Secretary
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algonquin	Secretary
No high school diploma	4.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algonquin	Secretary
Drove alone	73.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	23.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algonquin	Secretary
1-unit, detached	94.2%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Algonquin	Secretary
Poverty rate	12.6%	9.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1959	1971