Fishing Creek vs Madison

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

Fishing Creek and Madison 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 145 in Madison). Madison has the higher median home value ($768,400 vs $293,800 in Fishing Creek). Since 2019, Fishing Creek's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -28.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishing Creek	Madison
Population	179	145
Median age	51.3 yrs	66.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$108,676
Median home value	$293,800	$768,400
Housing units	113	105
Homeownership rate	100.0%	98.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishing Creek	Madison
Population	197 → 179 (-9.1%)	204 → 145 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)	$90,592 → $108,676 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)	$490,000 → $768,400 (+56.8%)

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

Madison

Population

204145

Median household income

$90,592$108,676

Median home value

$490,000$768,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishing Creek	Madison
Under 5	31.8%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	4.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	23.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	38.6%
75 and over	12.3%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishing Creek	Madison
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishing Creek	Madison
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.0%	11.9%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishing Creek	Madison
Drove alone	90.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	0.0%
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)

	Fishing Creek	Madison
1-unit, detached	85.0%	100.0%
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	15.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fishing Creek	Madison
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1950	1977