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.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Darlington has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Darlington a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Darlington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.72 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Darlington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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.
