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Darlington city, South Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Darlington city is a Census city of 6,120 people across 4.71 square miles of land, in Darlington County. Median household income is $33,952, 52.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $845,000.
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Darlington
What Darlington is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.71 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,299
- County holding the largest share of its areaDarlington County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Darlington
How many people live in Darlington
- Population6,120
- Median age45.0
- Population under 181,301
- Share under 1821.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,581
- Share 65 and over25.8 percent
- Households2,624
- Family households1,379
- Share of households that are families52.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Darlington
Income and work in Darlington
- Median household income$33,952 plus or minus $9,086
- Per capita income$38,068 plus or minus $18,924
- Civilian labor force2,369
- Employed2,200
- Unemployed169 plus or minus 130
- Unemployment rate7.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Adults 25 and over4,237
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Darlington
Housing in Darlington
- Housing units3,195
- Occupied units2,624
- Vacant units571 plus or minus 162
- Vacancy rate17.9 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Owner occupied1,364
- Renter occupied1,260 plus or minus 258
- Ownership rate52.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$172,300 plus or minus $36,314
- Median gross rent, monthly$840
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.7 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Single family units2,313
- Share single family72.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more697 plus or minus 209
- Share in buildings of two or more21.8 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes185 plus or minus 124
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Darlington
How Darlington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,113
- Commuting under 15 minutes885 plus or minus 215
- Share commuting under 15 minutes41.9 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more507 plus or minus 170
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more24.0 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Drove alone80.4 percent
- Carpooled13.8 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home3.1 percent plus or minus 1.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Darlington
SBA loans in Darlington (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$845,000
- Average approval$845,000
- Median approval$845,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$845,000
- Largest approval$845,000
- Jobs supported6
- Jobs per approval6.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term129 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises100.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Darlington
SBA loans in Darlington (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,348,000
- Average approval$674,000
- Median approval$751,000
- Largest approval$751,000
- Jobs supported41
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Darlington County, not Darlington
Darlington County context, not Darlington figures
These are Darlington County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Darlington measurements.
- Establishments in Darlington County1,121
- Employment at those establishments, Darlington County16,871
- Covered employment, Darlington County20,044
- Average annual pay, Darlington County$57,913
- Average weekly wage, Darlington County$1,114
- Housing units permitted, Darlington County195
- Of those, single family, Darlington County181
- County product, 2024, Darlington County$3,415,744,000
- County product change over the prior year, Darlington County0.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Darlington County$47,454
Every figure in this section is published for Darlington County as a whole and is not a measurement of Darlington. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Darlington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Darlington, South Carolina?
6,120, in 2,624 households. Darlington city covers 4.71 square miles of land, which is 1,299 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Darlington in?
Darlington County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Darlington?
$33,952. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $172,300. Median gross rent is $840 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Darlington businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $845,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $845,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Darlington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Darlington borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Darlington. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Darlington figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Darlington County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Darlington.
Is zoning published for Darlington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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