Darlington vs Lamar

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

Darlington and Lamar are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Darlington has the higher population (6,128 vs 1,446 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median household income ($44,000 vs $31,240 in Darlington). Darlington has the higher median home value ($163,000 vs $112,700 in Lamar).

Population, income & housing

	Darlington	Lamar
Population	6,128	1,446
Median age	46.3 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,240	$44,000
Median home value	$163,000	$112,700
Median gross rent	$801	$947
Housing units	3,150	543
Homeownership rate	50.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	28.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darlington	Lamar
Population	6,043 → 6,128 (+1.4%)	1,097 → 1,446 (+31.8%)
Median household income	$27,835 → $31,240 (+12.2%)	$31,563 → $44,000 (+39.4%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $163,000 (+51.8%)	$101,100 → $112,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $801 (+31.5%)	$669 → $947 (+41.6%)

Darlington

Population

6,0436,128

Median household income

$27,835$31,240

Median home value

$107,400$163,000

Median gross rent

$609$801

Lamar

Population

1,0971,446

Median household income

$31,563$44,000

Median home value

$101,100$112,700

Median gross rent

$669$947

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darlington	Lamar
Under 5	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.4%	33.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.2%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.5%	7.6%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.5%
75 and over	12.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darlington	Lamar
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	52.3%
Black or African American	59.4%	47.1%
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	7.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darlington	Lamar
No high school diploma	18.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darlington	Lamar
Drove alone	84.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	11.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	14.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darlington	Lamar
1-unit, detached	72.7%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Darlington	Lamar
Poverty rate	33.9%	31.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1966	1965