East New Market vs Fishing Creek

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

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

East New Market has the higher population (324 vs 179 in Fishing Creek). Fishing Creek has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $244,200 in East New Market). Since 2019, Fishing Creek's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -29.1%).

Population, income & housing

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
Population	324	179
Median age	45.0 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,417	—
Median home value	$244,200	$293,800
Median gross rent	$1,125	—
Housing units	157	113
Homeownership rate	70.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
Population	457 → 324 (-29.1%)	197 → 179 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $40,417 (-35.0%)	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $244,200 (+67.8%)	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,125 (+47.4%)	—

East New Market

Population

457324

Median household income

$62,188$40,417

Median home value

$145,500$244,200

Median gross rent

$763$1,125

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
Under 5	6.5%	31.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.8%
35 to 44	7.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.2%	4.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	23.5%
75 and over	13.3%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	20.1%	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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
No high school diploma	8.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.3%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
Drove alone	82.6%	90.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
1-unit, detached	65.0%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	East New Market	Fishing Creek
Poverty rate	22.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	8
Median year structure built	1961	1950