Work & commute · Highland Acres

Work & commute in Highland Acres, DE

Most working residents leave Highland Acres for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Dover (28%), Camden (5%) and Wilmington (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 1,425 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,399 Highland Acres residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 365 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highland Acres.

1,399live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

365work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highland Acres goes to work

Dover3.1 mi away

28%399

Camden2.4 mi away

5%74

Wilmington42.8 mi away

4%58

Milford15.2 mi away

3%46

Smyrna13.3 mi away

3%43

New Castle38.3 mi away

2%34

Middletown24.9 mi away

2%34

Highland Acres (in town)right here

2%26

Harrington13.4 mi away

1%17

Georgetown30.3 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%679

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Highland Acres commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

12%

32%

47%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highland Acres is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.27 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Highland Acres are

391 jobs are based in Highland Acres. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Highland Acres’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Highland Acres

391 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Highland Acres residents hold

1,425 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+79%

Jobs based in Highland Acres, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 391. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.