Darlington vs Pine Ridge

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

Darlington and Pine Ridge 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 595 in Pine Ridge). Pine Ridge has the higher median household income ($54,286 vs $31,240 in Darlington). Darlington has the higher median home value ($163,000 vs $107,700 in Pine Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
Population	6,128	595
Median age	46.3 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,240	$54,286
Median home value	$163,000	$107,700
Median gross rent	$801	$702
Housing units	3,150	343
Homeownership rate	50.2%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
Population	6,043 → 6,128 (+1.4%)	704 → 595 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$27,835 → $31,240 (+12.2%)	$41,250 → $54,286 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$107,400 → $163,000 (+51.8%)	$56,900 → $107,700 (+89.3%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $801 (+31.5%)	$549 → $702 (+27.9%)

Darlington

Population

6,0436,128

Median household income

$27,835$31,240

Median home value

$107,400$163,000

Median gross rent

$609$801

Pine Ridge

Population

704595

Median household income

$41,250$54,286

Median home value

$56,900$107,700

Median gross rent

$549$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
Under 5	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.5%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	15.4%	25.4%
75 and over	12.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	30.8%	93.8%
Black or African American	59.4%	0.0%
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%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
No high school diploma	18.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	34.8%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.9%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
Drove alone	84.9%	68.6%
Carpooled	11.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	8.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
1-unit, detached	72.7%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	39.1%

Poverty & households

	Darlington	Pine Ridge
Poverty rate	33.9%	22.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	19	36
Median year structure built	1966	1985