Bagley vs Diamondhead Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Bagley and Diamondhead Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Bagley and Diamondhead Lake are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Diamondhead Lake has the higher population (283 vs 218 in Bagley). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median household income ($125,000 vs $48,750 in Bagley). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median home value ($257,700 vs $75,000 in Bagley).

Population, income & housing

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
Population	218	283
Median age	56.0 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$125,000
Median home value	$75,000	$257,700
Median gross rent	$533	—
Housing units	134	274
Homeownership rate	81.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
Population	291 → 218 (-25.1%)	312 → 283 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $48,750 (+9.9%)	$88,664 → $125,000 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $75,000 (+10.3%)	$225,000 → $257,700 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $533 (-12.0%)	—

Bagley

Population

291218

Median household income

$44,375$48,750

Median home value

$68,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$606$533

Diamondhead Lake

Population

312283

Median household income

$88,664$125,000

Median home value

$225,000$257,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
Under 5	2.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.9%	13.8%
25 to 34	6.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	58.3%
65 to 74	26.1%	3.9%
75 and over	8.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
No high school diploma	14.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.6%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
Drove alone	86.1%	92.9%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
1-unit, detached	88.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Bagley	Diamondhead Lake
Poverty rate	21.6%	0.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	33	42
Median year structure built	1938	1982