Darling vs Marks

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

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

Marks has the higher population (1,483 vs 139 in Darling). Since 2019, Marks's population has grown faster (-15.5% vs -39.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Darling	Marks
Population	139	1,483
Median age	28.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$35,074
Median home value	—	$99,300
Median gross rent	—	$852
Housing units	108	752
Homeownership rate	50.0%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darling	Marks
Population	230 → 139 (-39.6%)	1,754 → 1,483 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$22,454 → $16,250 (-27.6%)	$28,698 → $35,074 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$34,400 → $27,500 (-20.1%)	$67,800 → $99,300 (+46.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$611 → $852 (+39.4%)

Darling

Population

230139

Median household income

$22,454$16,250

Median home value

$34,400$27,500

Marks

Population

1,7541,483

Median household income

$28,698$35,074

Median home value

$67,800$99,300

Median gross rent

$611$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darling	Marks
Under 5	3.6%	4.8%
5 to 17	7.2%	15.6%
18 to 24	33.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	5.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.9%
75 and over	11.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darling	Marks
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	26.3%
Black or African American	95.7%	71.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darling	Marks
No high school diploma	38.5%	14.5%
High school graduate	39.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darling	Marks
Drove alone	87.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darling	Marks
1-unit, detached	56.5%	99.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Darling	Marks
Poverty rate	26.6%	17.2%
Average household size	1.54	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1966	1962