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. Darlington has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.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". 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. 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. As is often the case in a small town, Darlington doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.Darlington is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.05% of adults in Darlington have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher. 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.
