Dover Base Housing vs Highland Acres

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

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

Highland Acres has the higher population (3,661 vs 3,026 in Dover Base Housing). Highland Acres has the higher median household income ($101,685 vs $71,181 in Dover Base Housing). Since 2019, Highland Acres's population has grown faster (+6.2% vs -16.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
Population	3,026	3,661
Median age	25.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,181	$101,685
Median home value	—	$293,600
Median gross rent	$1,953	$1,412
Housing units	1,268	1,340
Homeownership rate	0.0%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
Population	3,614 → 3,026 (-16.3%)	3,446 → 3,661 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$43,967 → $71,181 (+61.9%)	$87,255 → $101,685 (+16.5%)
Median home value	—	$253,500 → $293,600 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,568 → $1,953 (+24.6%)	$968 → $1,412 (+45.9%)

Dover Base Housing

Population

3,6143,026

Median household income

$43,967$71,181

Median gross rent

$1,568$1,953

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)

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
Under 5	9.5%	1.5%
5 to 17	26.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	13.0%	7.5%
25 to 34	26.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	1.0%	18.3%
65 to 74	1.8%	14.1%
75 and over	0.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	80.4%
Black or African American	11.3%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.7%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
Drove alone	82.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	14.6%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.7%
Worked from home	2.6%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
1-unit, detached	4.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	88.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Dover Base Housing	Highland Acres
Poverty rate	2.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	2001	1973