Darlington is a tiny town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 398 people and two associated neighborhoods, Darlington is the 259th largest community in Maryland. Much of the housing stock in Darlington was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Darlington is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 88.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Darlington is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Darlington who work in computer science and math (22.81%), sales jobs (13.60%), and healthcare (10.96%). Also of interest is that Darlington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. In addition, Darlington is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates", which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre. Overall, Darlington’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Darlington has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Darlington has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Darlington than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Darlington may be for you. One downside of living in Darlington is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Darlington, the average commute to work is 31.72 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small town, Darlington doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Darlington ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Darlington, 40.05% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Darlington in 2022 was $49,753, which is upper middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $199,012 for a family of four. The people who call Darlington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Darlington residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Darlington include German, Irish, Polish, Lithuanian, and Dutch. The most common language spoken in Darlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
