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2022-07-15 10 34 48 View northwest along Dodd's Lane at the entrance to Henlopen Acres in Sussex County, Delaware

Henlopen AcresDE

A town of 176.

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Population
176
residents
Median home value
$2M
Census ACS
Household income
$151K
median
Median age
70.4
years
Land area
0 sq mi
By the sea

Henlopen Acres lives by the ocean

Coastal flooding makes up 43% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.

43%of expected storm damage is coastal flooding
100thpercentile for coastal flood risk nationally
6paid flood-insurance claims since 1998
4storm & flood disasters paid out here

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Natural hazards

High risk, with coastal flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 71% of U.S. communities.

71risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
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Coastal floodingInland floodingHurricanes
6
paid flood claims since 1998
4
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Henlopen Acres has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 29°, and about 11 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

11″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter31–47°
Spring45–63°
Summer67–84°
Fall51–68°
Nov 14
typical first frost
Mar 29
typical last frost
+2.0°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Henlopen Acres is

Henlopen Acres beats the Delaware average on 23 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.

32 measures vs. Delaware
23 better4 too close to call5 worse
What stands outHenlopen AcresDE
Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth3.3%12.7%
Fewer adults facing food insecurity3.7%13.9%
More adults who have had cancer16.7%9.1%
Beebe Medical Center
4.4 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Small town

176 people, and everyone knows the way

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2022-07-15 10 34 18 Signs and plaque at the entrance to Henlopen Acres along Dodd's Lane in Sussex County, Delaware
2022 · 2022-07-15 10 34 18 Signs and plaque at the entrance to Henlopen Acres along Dodd's Lane in Sussex County, Delaware · Wikimedia Commons
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About Henlopen Acres

Town in Delaware, United States

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Henlopen Acres is a municipality north of Rehoboth Beach in Sussex County, Delaware, United States, and is the third smallest incorporated town in Delaware. As of the 2020 census, Henlopen Acres had a population of 139. It is part of the Salisbury, Maryland-Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Population
139
Area
0.3 sq mi
Elevation
7 ft
Area code
302

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