What is the population of Highland Acres CDP?

Highland Acres CDP has 3,661 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 79 in Delaware.

What is the median household income in Highland Acres CDP?

Median household income in Highland Acres CDP is $101,685 a year, 29.5% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Highland Acres CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,412 a month and the median home value is $293,600, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.

Is Highland Acres CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Highland Acres CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Highland Acres, DE population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Highland Acres, Delaware (Highland Acres, DE — Census place “Highland Acres CDP”) is 3,661 residents, ranking #27 of 79 places in Delaware. Median household income is $101,685, the median home is worth $293,600 and median gross rent runs $1,412 a month. Looking for the Highland Acres Delaware ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Highland Acres, DE: 19901.

Population: 3,661Highland Acres CDP residents
Median household income: $101,685Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $293,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,412Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 84.4%Owner-occupied households

Highland Acres ZIP codes (Delaware)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Highland Acres.

The Highland Acres DE ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

19901

What the numbers mean in Highland Acres CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Highland Acres CDP median would spend about 16.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.6% of residents and 84.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Highland Acres CDP, DE in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Highland Acres CDP is a small town in Delaware, with 3,661 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 79 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 42.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Highland Acres CDP earn a median of $101,685 a year, 29.5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 36% above the $75,000 median for the 54 Delaware cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Highland Acres CDP is valued at $293,600, 3.2% below the national figure and 5% above the $280,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,412 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,944 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 84.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Highland Acres CDP?: Highland Acres CDP has 3,661 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 79 in Delaware.
What is the median household income in Highland Acres CDP?: Median household income in Highland Acres CDP is $101,685 a year, 29.5% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Highland Acres CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,412 a month and the median home value is $293,600, so rent absorbs about 16.7% of median household income.
Is Highland Acres CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Highland Acres CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Highland Acres CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.