Hurlock vs Secretary

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

Hurlock and Secretary 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 598 in Secretary). Secretary has the higher median household income ($68,333 vs $55,705 in Hurlock). Hurlock has the higher median home value ($177,900 vs $172,100 in Secretary).

Population, income & housing

	Hurlock	Secretary
Population	2,205	598
Median age	41.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,705	$68,333
Median home value	$177,900	$172,100
Median gross rent	$727	$1,135
Housing units	919	269
Homeownership rate	64.7%	67.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hurlock	Secretary
Population	2,042 → 2,205 (+8.0%)	445 → 598 (+34.4%)
Median household income	$54,000 → $55,705 (+3.2%)	$44,167 → $68,333 (+54.7%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $177,900 (+25.1%)	$142,900 → $172,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $727 (+5.1%)	$1,217 → $1,135 (-6.7%)

Hurlock

Population

2,0422,205

Median household income

$54,000$55,705

Median home value

$142,200$177,900

Median gross rent

$692$727

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)

	Hurlock	Secretary
Under 5	5.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	27.1%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	20.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	5.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.5%
75 and over	7.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hurlock	Secretary
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	78.3%
Black or African American	38.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	19.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hurlock	Secretary
No high school diploma	25.2%	8.6%
High school graduate	35.7%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hurlock	Secretary
Drove alone	82.9%	90.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	3.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hurlock	Secretary
1-unit, detached	76.6%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Hurlock	Secretary
Poverty rate	22.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1974	1971