Camden vs Highland Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Camden and Highland Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

Camden and Highland Acres are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Camden has the higher population (4,011 vs 3,661 in Highland Acres). Highland Acres has the higher median household income ($101,685 vs $61,895 in Camden). Highland Acres has the higher median home value ($293,600 vs $268,800 in Camden).

Population, income & housing

	Camden	Highland Acres
Population	4,011	3,661
Median age	35.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,895	$101,685
Median home value	$268,800	$293,600
Median gross rent	$1,463	$1,412
Housing units	1,740	1,340
Homeownership rate	80.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.8%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camden	Highland Acres
Population	3,484 → 4,011 (+15.1%)	3,446 → 3,661 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$65,568 → $61,895 (-5.6%)	$87,255 → $101,685 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$208,800 → $268,800 (+28.7%)	$253,500 → $293,600 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,623 → $1,463 (-9.9%)	$968 → $1,412 (+45.9%)

Camden

Population

3,4844,011

Median household income

$65,568$61,895

Median home value

$208,800$268,800

Median gross rent

$1,623$1,463

Highland Acres

Population

3,4463,661

Median household income

$87,255$101,685

Median home value

$253,500$293,600

Median gross rent

$968$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camden	Highland Acres
Under 5	6.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.5%
25 to 34	22.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	4.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	18.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	14.1%
75 and over	10.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camden	Highland Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	48.1%	80.4%
Black or African American	38.2%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.7%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camden	Highland Acres
No high school diploma	5.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.1%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camden	Highland Acres
Drove alone	75.7%	76.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.7%
Worked from home	15.1%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camden	Highland Acres
1-unit, detached	87.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Camden	Highland Acres
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	2002	1973