Fishing Creek vs Secretary

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

Fishing Creek 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 179 in Fishing Creek). Fishing Creek has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $172,100 in Secretary). Since 2019, Secretary's population has grown faster (+34.4% vs -9.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
Population	179	598
Median age	51.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$68,333
Median home value	$293,800	$172,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,135
Housing units	113	269
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
Population	197 → 179 (-9.1%)	445 → 598 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)	$44,167 → $68,333 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)	$142,900 → $172,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,217 → $1,135 (-6.7%)

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

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)

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
Under 5	31.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	20.7%
45 to 54	4.5%	5.5%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	23.5%	9.5%
75 and over	12.3%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	41.0%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
Drove alone	90.9%	90.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
1-unit, detached	85.0%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Fishing Creek	Secretary
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	8	25
Median year structure built	1950	1971