Highland Acres vs Rising Sun-Lebanon

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

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

Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher population (4,195 vs 3,661 in Highland Acres). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median household income ($109,167 vs $101,685 in Highland Acres). Rising Sun-Lebanon has the higher median home value ($388,600 vs $293,600 in Highland Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	3,661	4,195
Median age	42.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$101,685	$109,167
Median home value	$293,600	$388,600
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,749
Housing units	1,340	1,242
Homeownership rate	84.4%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Population	3,446 → 3,661 (+6.2%)	4,065 → 4,195 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$87,255 → $101,685 (+16.5%)	$72,273 → $109,167 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $293,600 (+15.8%)	$293,300 → $388,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,412 (+45.9%)	$1,350 → $1,749 (+29.6%)

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

Rising Sun-Lebanon

Population

4,0654,195

Median household income

$72,273$109,167

Median home value

$293,300$388,600

Median gross rent

$1,350$1,749

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Under 5	1.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	23.1%	23.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	2.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	20.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	7.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.3%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	10.2%
75 and over	8.1%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	55.2%
Black or African American	10.5%	30.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	4.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
No high school diploma	4.8%	11.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Drove alone	76.2%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	12.2%
Public transit	0.7%	2.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.2%
Other means	3.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
1-unit, detached	87.6%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Acres	Rising Sun-Lebanon
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.95	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1973	2002