Darling vs Lambert

A side-by-side comparison of Darling and Lambert: population, income, housing, and more.

Darling and Lambert are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lambert has the higher population (926 vs 139 in Darling). Since 2019, Lambert's population has grown faster (-28.5% vs -39.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Darling	Lambert
Population	139	926
Median age	28.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$28,793
Median home value	—	$59,700
Median gross rent	—	$636
Housing units	108	603
Homeownership rate	50.0%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darling	Lambert
Population	230 → 139 (-39.6%)	1,296 → 926 (-28.5%)
Median household income	$22,454 → $16,250 (-27.6%)	$17,400 → $28,793 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$34,400 → $27,500 (-20.1%)	$47,200 → $59,700 (+26.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$388 → $636 (+63.9%)

Darling

Population

230139

Median household income

$22,454$16,250

Median home value

$34,400$27,500

Lambert

Population

1,296926

Median household income

$17,400$28,793

Median home value

$47,200$59,700

Median gross rent

$388$636

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darling	Lambert
Under 5	3.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	7.2%	9.1%
18 to 24	33.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.7%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.1%
55 to 64	5.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	4.9%
75 and over	11.5%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darling	Lambert
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	16.2%
Black or African American	95.7%	81.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darling	Lambert
No high school diploma	38.5%	34.9%
High school graduate	39.7%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darling	Lambert
Drove alone	87.3%	83.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darling	Lambert
1-unit, detached	56.5%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	43.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darling	Lambert
Poverty rate	26.6%	35.0%
Average household size	1.54	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	—	36
Median year structure built	1966	1967