Darlington vs Shullsburg

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

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

Darlington has the higher population (2,473 vs 1,310 in Shullsburg). Darlington has the higher median household income ($62,695 vs $58,500 in Shullsburg). Darlington has the higher median home value ($134,300 vs $130,700 in Shullsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Darlington	Shullsburg
Population	2,473	1,310
Median age	35.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,695	$58,500
Median home value	$134,300	$130,700
Median gross rent	$885	$909
Housing units	1,075	526
Homeownership rate	66.9%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Darlington	Shullsburg
Population	2,430 → 2,473 (+1.8%)	1,327 → 1,310 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$54,250 → $62,695 (+15.6%)	$47,222 → $58,500 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$99,700 → $134,300 (+34.7%)	$93,000 → $130,700 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $885 (+16.6%)	$593 → $909 (+53.3%)

Darlington

Population

2,4302,473

Median household income

$54,250$62,695

Median home value

$99,700$134,300

Median gross rent

$759$885

Shullsburg

Population

1,3271,310

Median household income

$47,222$58,500

Median home value

$93,000$130,700

Median gross rent

$593$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Darlington	Shullsburg
Under 5	10.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	15.3%
75 and over	10.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Darlington	Shullsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Darlington	Shullsburg
No high school diploma	11.9%	8.4%
High school graduate	35.3%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Darlington	Shullsburg
Drove alone	69.0%	90.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	1.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Darlington	Shullsburg
1-unit, detached	75.2%	88.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Darlington	Shullsburg
Poverty rate	12.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1958	1950