East New Market vs Secretary

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

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

Secretary has the higher population (598 vs 324 in East New Market). Secretary has the higher median household income ($68,333 vs $40,417 in East New Market). East New Market has the higher median home value ($244,200 vs $172,100 in Secretary).

Population, income & housing

	East New Market	Secretary
Population	324	598
Median age	45.0 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,417	$68,333
Median home value	$244,200	$172,100
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,135
Housing units	157	269
Homeownership rate	70.6%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East New Market	Secretary
Population	457 → 324 (-29.1%)	445 → 598 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$62,188 → $40,417 (-35.0%)	$44,167 → $68,333 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $244,200 (+67.8%)	$142,900 → $172,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,125 (+47.4%)	$1,217 → $1,135 (-6.7%)

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

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)

	East New Market	Secretary
Under 5	6.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	7.1%	20.7%
45 to 54	18.2%	5.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.5%
75 and over	13.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East New Market	Secretary
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	78.3%
Black or African American	20.1%	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	1.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East New Market	Secretary
No high school diploma	8.7%	8.6%
High school graduate	46.3%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East New Market	Secretary
Drove alone	82.6%	90.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East New Market	Secretary
1-unit, detached	65.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	East New Market	Secretary
Poverty rate	22.2%	9.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1961	1971