In addition, Darlington is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.
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.
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 citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.98% of adults in Darlington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Darlington in 2022 was $41,609, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,436 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. Important ancestries of people in Darlington include German, Irish, Dutch, French, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Darlington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Greek and Italian.
