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Darlington

United States · GDP 2024
#903 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.4B
GDP growth
+0.3%
Jobs tracked
16,871
Employers
1,121
Avg. wage
$55.9k
Population
62,888
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$48.6k±$3.5k
Business applications
830 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sonoco Products CompanyConsumer Cyclical$7.5B77B+

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing23%
Health care22%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation15%
Management14%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
62,888
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $52.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,070
International migration+245
Natural change−1,288

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.8B
2019
$2.7B
2020
$3.0B
2021
$3.3B
2022
$3.4B
2023
$3.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.2k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$896/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±1.4%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
205 (3.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
72.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 88Earthquake 86Tornado 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
219
2016
223
2017
228
2018
231
2019
242
2020
262
2021
292
2022
321
2023
329
2024
341
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
SCRF
Nearest port
123.8 km
MITTAL STEEL USA, GEORGETOWN
Nearest commercial airport
27.1 km
FLORENCE RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KSonoco Products Company05-11
10-QSonoco Products Company04-28
8-KSonoco Products Company04-21
8-KSonoco Products Company04-16
8-KSonoco Products Company03-23
DEF 14ASonoco Products Company03-13
10-KSonoco Products Company02-26
8-KSonoco Products Company02-17
8-KSonoco Products Company02-17
8-KSonoco Products Company02-12
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$55.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Kershaw$3.4BCarroll$3.4BBryan$3.4BReno$3.4BCooke$3.4BGreene$3.4B
The read

Darlington's economy produced $3.4B in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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