Diamond vs Gardner

A side-by-side comparison of Diamond and Gardner: population, income, housing, and more.

Diamond and Gardner are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Diamond has the higher population (2,900 vs 1,319 in Gardner). Gardner has the higher median household income ($82,125 vs $60,000 in Diamond). Diamond has the higher median home value ($211,500 vs $183,300 in Gardner).

Population, income & housing

	Diamond	Gardner
Population	2,900	1,319
Median age	36.2 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$82,125
Median home value	$211,500	$183,300
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,024
Housing units	1,166	524
Homeownership rate	79.2%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamond	Gardner
Population	2,697 → 2,900 (+7.5%)	1,334 → 1,319 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$59,934 → $60,000 (+0.1%)	$68,333 → $82,125 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $211,500 (+8.7%)	$138,000 → $183,300 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,224 (+13.8%)	$944 → $1,024 (+8.5%)

Diamond

Population

2,6972,900

Median household income

$59,934$60,000

Median home value

$194,600$211,500

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,224

Gardner

Population

1,3341,319

Median household income

$68,333$82,125

Median home value

$138,000$183,300

Median gross rent

$944$1,024

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamond	Gardner
Under 5	6.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	21.3%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.6%	12.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.4%
65 to 74	3.1%	7.9%
75 and over	6.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamond	Gardner
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamond	Gardner
No high school diploma	4.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	45.4%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamond	Gardner
Drove alone	91.2%	95.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamond	Gardner
1-unit, detached	48.5%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Diamond	Gardner
Poverty rate	14.1%	15.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1991	1967