Diamond vs Minooka

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

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

Minooka has the higher population (12,632 vs 2,900 in Diamond). Minooka has the higher median household income ($122,163 vs $60,000 in Diamond). Minooka has the higher median home value ($288,600 vs $211,500 in Diamond).

Population, income & housing

	Diamond	Minooka
Population	2,900	12,632
Median age	36.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$122,163
Median home value	$211,500	$288,600
Median gross rent	$1,224	$1,780
Housing units	1,166	4,109
Homeownership rate	79.2%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamond	Minooka
Population	2,697 → 2,900 (+7.5%)	11,094 → 12,632 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$59,934 → $60,000 (+0.1%)	$92,902 → $122,163 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $211,500 (+8.7%)	$212,500 → $288,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,224 (+13.8%)	$1,233 → $1,780 (+44.4%)

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

Minooka

Population

11,09412,632

Median household income

$92,902$122,163

Median home value

$212,500$288,600

Median gross rent

$1,233$1,780

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamond	Minooka
Under 5	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	21.3%	21.1%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	3.1%	6.2%
75 and over	6.6%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamond	Minooka
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamond	Minooka
No high school diploma	4.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	38.5%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	45.0%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamond	Minooka
Drove alone	91.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	1.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	11.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamond	Minooka
1-unit, detached	48.5%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	12.8%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	22.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Diamond	Minooka
Poverty rate	14.1%	2.1%
Average household size	2.50	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1991	2003