Fishing Creek vs Taylors Island

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

Fishing Creek and Taylors Island 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 49 in Taylors Island). Fishing Creek has the higher median home value ($293,800 vs $289,300 in Taylors Island). Since 2019, Fishing Creek's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -77.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fishing Creek	Taylors Island
Population	179	49
Median age	51.3 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$91,042
Median home value	$293,800	$289,300
Housing units	113	97
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fishing Creek	Taylors Island
Population	197 → 179 (-9.1%)	221 → 49 (-77.8%)
Median household income	$66,429 → $76,250 (+14.8%)	$80,089 → $91,042 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $293,800 (-16.1%)	$457,600 → $289,300 (-36.8%)

Fishing Creek

Population

197179

Median household income

$66,429$76,250

Median home value

$350,000$293,800

Taylors Island

Population

22149

Median household income

$80,089$91,042

Median home value

$457,600$289,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fishing Creek	Taylors Island
Under 5	31.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	26.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.5%	6.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	23.5%	30.6%
75 and over	12.3%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fishing Creek	Taylors Island
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fishing Creek	Taylors Island
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.0%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fishing Creek	Taylors Island
Drove alone	90.9%	87.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.5%
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	Taylors Island
1-unit, detached	85.0%	83.5%
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%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Fishing Creek	Taylors Island
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	8	—
Median year structure built	1950	1977