Darlington vs Pleasant Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Darlington and Pleasant Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Darlington and Pleasant Hills are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pleasant Hills has the higher population (3,955 vs 349 in Darlington). Pleasant Hills has the higher median household income ($143,068 vs $81,250 in Darlington). Pleasant Hills has the higher median home value ($480,800 vs $375,000 in Darlington).

Population, income & housing

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
Population	349	3,955
Median age	48.3 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$143,068
Median home value	$375,000	$480,800
Median gross rent	—	$2,635
Housing units	161	1,549
Homeownership rate	87.3%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	56.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
Population	499 → 349 (-30.1%)	3,821 → 3,955 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$101,250 → $81,250 (-19.8%)	$109,318 → $143,068 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$323,300 → $375,000 (+16.0%)	$393,700 → $480,800 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,273 → $2,635 (+15.9%)

Darlington

Population

499349

Median household income

$101,250$81,250

Median home value

$323,300$375,000

Pleasant Hills

Population

3,8213,955

Median household income

$109,318$143,068

Median home value

$393,700$480,800

Median gross rent

$2,273$2,635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
Under 5	2.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.5%	14.2%
75 and over	7.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
No high school diploma	12.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	30.2%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
Drove alone	96.0%	74.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	19.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
1-unit, detached	70.8%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	13.9%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darlington	Pleasant Hills
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	22	37
Median year structure built	1938	1988