Harrington vs Highland Acres

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

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

Harrington has the higher population (3,805 vs 3,661 in Highland Acres). Highland Acres has the higher median household income ($101,685 vs $72,606 in Harrington). Highland Acres has the higher median home value ($293,600 vs $222,100 in Harrington).

Population, income & housing

	Harrington	Highland Acres
Population	3,805	3,661
Median age	30.7 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$72,606	$101,685
Median home value	$222,100	$293,600
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,412
Housing units	1,669	1,340
Homeownership rate	62.6%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrington	Highland Acres
Population	3,652 → 3,805 (+4.2%)	3,446 → 3,661 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$50,160 → $72,606 (+44.7%)	$87,255 → $101,685 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $222,100 (+22.5%)	$253,500 → $293,600 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$936 → $1,136 (+21.4%)	$968 → $1,412 (+45.9%)

Harrington

Population

3,6523,805

Median household income

$50,160$72,606

Median home value

$181,300$222,100

Median gross rent

$936$1,136

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)

	Harrington	Highland Acres
Under 5	12.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	19.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.5%
55 to 64	8.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	14.1%
75 and over	5.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrington	Highland Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	80.4%
Black or African American	13.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.3%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrington	Highland Acres
No high school diploma	8.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	33.8%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrington	Highland Acres
Drove alone	82.2%	76.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.7%
Worked from home	9.1%	5.5%
Other means	2.8%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrington	Highland Acres
1-unit, detached	71.8%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Harrington	Highland Acres
Poverty rate	10.9%	7.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1969	1973