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Population (year 2000): 3,379
Males: 1,627  (48.2%)
Females: 1,752  (51.8%)

Kent County

Median resident age:  42.1 years
Delaware median age:  36.0 years

Zip codes: 19901.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $76,300 (it was $64,716 in 2000)
Highland Acres  $76,300
Delaware:  $52,499

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $211,300 (it was $150,800 in 2000)
Highland Acres  $211,300
Delaware:  $203,800

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Races in Highland Acres:

  • White Non-Hispanic (81.1%)
  • Black (11.5%)
  • Hispanic (2.6%)
  • Two or more races (2.3%)
  • American Indian (1.1%)
  • Chinese (0.8%)
  • Japanese (0.6%)

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Ancestries: German (20.2%), Irish (16.0%), English (12.6%), United States (10.2%), Italian (8.3%), Dutch (4.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 40 feet

Land area: 1.56 square miles.

Population density: 2163 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Highland Acres

  • High school or higher: 90.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 36.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 17.8%
  • Unemployed: 4.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Highland Acres CDP

  • Never married: 19.8%
  • Now married: 65.9%
  • Separated: 1.1%
  • Widowed: 5.4%
  • Divorced: 7.7%

196 residents are foreign born (2.5% Europe, 2.1% Asia, 0.9% Latin America).

This place:  5.8%
Delaware:  5.7%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Highland Acres:  0.6% ($834)
Delaware:  0.6% ($841)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Greater Newark, DE (41.7 miles , pop. 67,114).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (66.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Kent Acres, DE (1.0 miles ), Rodney Village, DE (1.2 miles ), Rising Sun-Lebanon, DE (1.6 miles ), Camden, DE (1.8 miles ), Wyoming, DE (2.4 miles ), Dover Base Housing, DE (2.8 miles ), Dover, DE (3.1 miles ), Woodside East, DE (3.9 miles ).

Latitude: 39.12 N, Longitude: 75.52 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 302

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Most common industries for males:
  • Public administration (16%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
  • Paper (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Educational services (18%)
  • Health care (16%)
  • Public administration (8%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
  • Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (5%)
  • Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
  • Cashiers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)


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Highland Acres-area historical tornado activity is near Delaware state average. It is 11% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/31/1992, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 6.7 miles away from the Highland Acres place center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 6/9/1977, a category 2 tornado 7.0 miles away from the place center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Highland Acres:
  • BAYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER (about 4 miles; DOVER, DE)
  • SOUTH JERSEY HOSPITAL SYSTEM (about 31 miles; BRIDGETON, NJ)
  • ROCKFORD CENTER (about 32 miles; NEWARK, DE)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Highland Acres:
  • DOVER AFB (about 6 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 39 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO REGIONAL (about 54 miles; SALISBURY, MD; ID: SBY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Highland Acres:
  • DELDOT HELISTOP (about 2 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N5)
  • JENKINS (about 5 miles; WYOMING, DE; ID: 15N)
  • CHANDELLE ESTATES (about 7 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: 0N4)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Highland Acres:
  • DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 4 miles; Dover, DE; Full-time enrollment: 2,641)
  • UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 32 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 17,786)
  • WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 34 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE; FT enrollment: 3,087)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE-OWENS (about 36 miles; GEORGETOWN, DE; FT enrollment: 2,053)
  • DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON (about 38 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
  • ROWAN UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; GLASSBORO, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,587)
  • GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (about 50 miles; SEWELL, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,135)

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Churches in Highland Acres include: Maranatha Baptist Church (A), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoir: Moores Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Parks in Highland Acres include: Great Geneva (1), Tidbury Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.7 people
Delaware:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  80.2%
Whole state:  68.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  3.0%
Whole state:  6.1%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  5.6%
Whole state:  9.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.4%
Whole state:  4.4%

Highland Acres compared to Delaware state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Kent County Delaware:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

8.47% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($41,636 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.47%
Delaware average:  6.10%

0.21% of residents moved from foreign countries ($838 average AGI)
Kent County:  0.21%
Delaware average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from New Castle County, DE  1.92% ($46,984 average AGI)
from Philadelphia County, PA  0.19% ($43,981)
from Caroline County, MD  0.16% ($32,667)


6.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($38,085 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.54%
Delaware average:  5.32%

0.29% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,231 average AGI)
Kent County:  0.29%
Delaware average:  0.10%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to New Castle County, DE  1.09% ($41,164 average AGI)
to Philadelphia County, PA  0.10% ($33,481)
to Caroline County, MD  0.07% ($26,421)


Strongest AM radio stations in Highland Acres:
  • WIBF (1600 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: DIAMOND STATE BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WDOV (1410 AM; 5 kW; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WJWL (900 AM; 11 kW; GEORGETOWN, DE; Owner: GREAT SCOTT BROADCASTING)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WBIS (1190 AM; 50 kW; ANNAPOLIS, MD; Owner: NATIONS RADIO, LLC)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WCBM (680 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: WCBM MARYLAND, INC.)
  • WWLG (1370 AM; 50 kW; BALTIMORE, MD; Owner: M-10 BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Highland Acres:
  • W261AE (100.1 FM; CAMDEN, DE; Owner: FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH)
  • WRDX (94.7 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WRTX (91.7 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV OF THE C/WEALTH SYSTEM)
  • W292CF (106.3 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: PRIORITY RADIO, INC.)
  • WDSD (92.9 FM; SMYRNA, DE; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAFL (97.7 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WXPZ (101.3 FM; MILFORD, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSCL (89.5 FM; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: SALISBURY UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC.)
  • W277AH (103.3 FM; DOVER, DE; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Highland Acres:
  • WEVD-LP (Channel 27; DOVER, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE)
  • W14CM (Channel 14; DOVER, DE; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WBOC-TV (Channel 16; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: WBOC, INC.)
  • WMDT (Channel 47; SALISBURY, MD; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCAST SERVICE GENERAL PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDPB (Channel 64; SEAFORD, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)

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