Highland Acres vs Smyrna

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

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

Smyrna has the higher population (13,031 vs 3,661 in Highland Acres). Highland Acres has the higher median household income ($101,685 vs $70,473 in Smyrna). Highland Acres has the higher median home value ($293,600 vs $273,400 in Smyrna).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
Population	3,661	13,031
Median age	42.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,685	$70,473
Median home value	$293,600	$273,400
Median gross rent	$1,412	$1,398
Housing units	1,340	5,227
Homeownership rate	84.4%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
Population	3,446 → 3,661 (+6.2%)	11,484 → 13,031 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$87,255 → $101,685 (+16.5%)	$67,277 → $70,473 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$253,500 → $293,600 (+15.8%)	$206,400 → $273,400 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$968 → $1,412 (+45.9%)	$1,110 → $1,398 (+25.9%)

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

Smyrna

Population

11,48413,031

Median household income

$67,277$70,473

Median home value

$206,400$273,400

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,398

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
Under 5	1.5%	10.9%
5 to 17	23.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	17.4%
35 to 44	7.6%	15.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	14.1%	9.2%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	54.9%
Black or African American	10.5%	30.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.5%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
Drove alone	76.2%	80.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	6.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	6.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	11.5%
Other means	3.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
1-unit, detached	87.6%	46.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	31.4%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Highland Acres	Smyrna
Poverty rate	7.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.95	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1973	2002