Fishing Creek vs Hurlock

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

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

Hurlock has the higher population (2,205 vs 179 in Fishing Creek). Fishing Creek has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $177,900 in Hurlock). Since 2019, Hurlock's population has grown faster (+8.0% vs -9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
Population	179	2,205
Median age	51.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,705
Median home value	$293,800	$177,900
Median gross rent	—	$727
Housing units	113	919
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
Population	197 → 179 (-9.1%)	2,042 → 2,205 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)	$54,000 → $55,705 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)	$142,200 → $177,900 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$692 → $727 (+5.1%)

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

Hurlock

Population

2,0422,205

Median household income

$54,000$55,705

Median home value

$142,200$177,900

Median gross rent

$692$727

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
Under 5	31.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	16.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.3%
65 to 74	23.5%	14.1%
75 and over	12.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	45.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	38.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
Drove alone	90.9%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
1-unit, detached	85.0%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fishing Creek	Hurlock
Poverty rate	0.0%	22.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	8	32
Median year structure built	1950	1974