Eldorado vs Fishing Creek

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

Eldorado 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 39 in Eldorado). Fishing Creek has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $143,800 in Eldorado). Since 2019, Fishing Creek's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -48.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
Population	39	179
Median age	45.1 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,375	—
Median home value	$143,800	$293,800
Housing units	26	113
Homeownership rate	95.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
Population	76 → 39 (-48.7%)	197 → 179 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$41,875 → $49,375 (+17.9%)	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $143,800 (+7.4%)	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)

Eldorado

Population

7639

Median household income

$41,875$49,375

Median home value

$133,900$143,800

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
Under 5	0.0%	31.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	20.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	17.9%	4.5%
55 to 64	20.5%	11.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	23.5%
75 and over	12.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	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	10.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
No high school diploma	20.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
Drove alone	94.7%	90.9%
Carpooled	5.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Eldorado	Fishing Creek
Poverty rate	5.1%	0.0%
Average household size	1.95	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	29	8
Median year structure built	1938	1950