Darling vs Sledge

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

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

Sledge has the higher population (327 vs 139 in Darling). Since 2019, Sledge's population has grown faster (-28.4% vs -39.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Darling	Sledge
Population	139	327
Median age	28.0 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,688
Median home value	—	$60,000
Median gross rent	—	$741
Housing units	108	181
Homeownership rate	50.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darling	Sledge
Population	230 → 139 (-39.6%)	457 → 327 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$22,454 → $16,250 (-27.6%)	$30,795 → $47,688 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$34,400 → $27,500 (-20.1%)	$47,800 → $60,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$696 → $741 (+6.5%)

Darling

Population

230139

Median household income

$22,454$16,250

Median home value

$34,400$27,500

Sledge

Population

457327

Median household income

$30,795$47,688

Median home value

$47,800$60,000

Median gross rent

$696$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darling	Sledge
Under 5	3.6%	0.3%
5 to 17	7.2%	22.6%
18 to 24	33.1%	12.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	5.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	4.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	5.0%	22.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	15.9%
75 and over	11.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darling	Sledge
White (non-Hispanic)	4.3%	6.7%
Black or African American	95.7%	90.2%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darling	Sledge
No high school diploma	38.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	39.7%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darling	Sledge
Drove alone	87.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darling	Sledge
1-unit, detached	56.5%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	43.5%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Darling	Sledge
Poverty rate	26.6%	26.9%
Average household size	1.54	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	27
Median year structure built	1966	1984