Church Creek vs Fishing Creek

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

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

Fishing Creek has the higher population (179 vs 131 in Church Creek). Fishing Creek has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $245,800 in Church Creek). Since 2019, Church Creek's population has grown faster (+63.7% vs -9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
Population	131	179
Median age	60.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	—
Median home value	$245,800	$293,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	87	113
Homeownership rate	87.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
Population	80 → 131 (+63.7%)	197 → 179 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $61,250 (+27.8%)	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$219,400 → $245,800 (+12.0%)	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $3,501 (+154.6%)	—

Church Creek

Population

80131

Median household income

$47,917$61,250

Median home value

$219,400$245,800

Median gross rent

$1,375$3,501

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
Under 5	1.5%	31.8%
5 to 17	4.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.6%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	4.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	17.6%	23.5%
75 and over	22.1%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	56.0%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
Drove alone	71.6%	90.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
1-unit, detached	87.4%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Church Creek	Fishing Creek
Poverty rate	9.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.68	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	34	8
Median year structure built	1948	1950