Kent AcresDE
A town of 2,388.
Is Kent Acres a good place to live?
Kent Acres’ best subject grades are an A− for walkability and a B+ for schools; its weakest is a C for health. Only 1 of the 38 Delaware towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Kent Acres. Kent Acres has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Kent Acres stand out
Where Kent Acres beats most towns.
Kent Acres has grown 13% from 2010 to 2020
1,890 counted in 2010 and 2,144 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Kent Acres grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Delaware), ordered by how far Kent Acres is from typical.
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Moving to Kent Acres: who provides what
Kent Acres is unincorporated, so Kent County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kent Acres.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Kent Acres’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Kent Acres for work: only 1% work in town. Kent Acres’ average trip to work is 19 minutes, where Delaware’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Kent Acres.
| Kent Acres | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 8.2% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kent Acres is less healthy than 73% of U.S. towns
Kent Acres beats the Delaware average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 43% of Kent Acres adults have obesity, above both Delaware’s towns (35%) and U.S. towns (35%). 13% of Kent Acres adults binge drink.
| Kent Acres | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 27% | 25% |
| What stands out | Kent Acres | DE |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with obesity | 43.4% | 35.3% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 32% | 27.2% |
| More adults facing housing insecurity | 13.6% | 11.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Kent Acres, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Kent Acres has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 26° and about 13 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More children than Delaware overall
Children under 18 are 29% of residents (21% statewide); people 65 and older are 15% of residents (21% statewide). Kent Acres’ median age is 34.6 years. 28% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across Delaware.
| Kent Acres | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 29% | 20% | 22% |
| Median age | 34.6 years | 40.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 19% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 28% | 34% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.5 points. Across Delaware, 51.6% of residents are women.
| Kent Acres | DE | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.9% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 17.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.1% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16% | 12.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.3% | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 5.4% | 14% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.1% | 12.5% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 13.5% | 8.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 23.1% | 28.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.5% | 18.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.8% | 20.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.4% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,400, single groups can be off by several points
A typical Kent Acres home is worth about $352K
The typical Kent Acres home is worth about $352,000, up 1.8% in a year, 13% below the Delaware typical home. The median rent in Kent Acres is $1,574 a month.
| Kent Acres | Delaware towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 68% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,574 a month | $1,438 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Low risk in Kent Acres, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Kent Acres
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Kent Acres
About 5 of every 100 Kent Acres residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Delaware.
99% of working residents leave Kent Acres for work
Where Kent Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Kent Acres
Census-designated place in Delaware, United States
Kent Acres is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, Kent Acres had a population of 2,144.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 33 ft
- Area code
- 302
Kent Acres’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Kent Acres.
| Town | DE rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Acres | — | — | C | — | B+ | C |
| Dover | #37 | D | C | D− | C+ | C− |
| Highland Acres | #12 | B+ | B− | — | B+ | C |
| Rodney Village | — | — | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Camden | #27 | C | C | D | B+ | B− |
Kent Acres and Rodney Village have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Kent Acres, Highland Acres and Rodney Village report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Kent Acres with a neighbor →
Questions about Kent Acres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kent Acres, DE expensive?
That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($74,477 across the Dover, DE metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.