Bayard vs Diamondhead Lake

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

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

Bayard has the higher population (399 vs 283 in Diamondhead Lake). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median household income ($125,000 vs $43,750 in Bayard). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median home value ($257,700 vs $57,700 in Bayard).

Population, income & housing

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
Population	399	283
Median age	39.1 yrs	57.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$125,000
Median home value	$57,700	$257,700
Median gross rent	$917	—
Housing units	207	274
Homeownership rate	78.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
Population	399 → 399 (+0.0%)	312 → 283 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$41,316 → $43,750 (+5.9%)	$88,664 → $125,000 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$40,300 → $57,700 (+43.2%)	$225,000 → $257,700 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $917 (+40.9%)	—

Bayard

Population

399399

Median household income

$41,316$43,750

Median home value

$40,300$57,700

Median gross rent

$651$917

Diamondhead Lake

Population

312283

Median household income

$88,664$125,000

Median home value

$225,000$257,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
Under 5	3.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	13.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.5%
45 to 54	6.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	58.3%
65 to 74	22.1%	3.9%
75 and over	3.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	86.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	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	2.0%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.5%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.5%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
Drove alone	85.0%	92.9%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
1-unit, detached	85.5%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Bayard	Diamondhead Lake
Poverty rate	31.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	32	42
Median year structure built	1942	1982