Diamondhead Lake vs Jamaica

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

Diamondhead Lake and Jamaica 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 202 in Jamaica). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median household income ($125,000 vs $53,750 in Jamaica). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median home value ($257,700 vs $65,700 in Jamaica).

Population, income & housing

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
Population	283	202
Median age	57.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	$53,750
Median home value	$257,700	$65,700
Median gross rent	—	$536
Housing units	274	113
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
Population	312 → 283 (-9.3%)	282 → 202 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$88,664 → $125,000 (+41.0%)	$38,021 → $53,750 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $257,700 (+14.5%)	$63,000 → $65,700 (+4.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$596 → $536 (-10.1%)

Diamondhead Lake

Population

312283

Median household income

$88,664$125,000

Median home value

$225,000$257,700

Jamaica

Population

282202

Median household income

$38,021$53,750

Median home value

$63,000$65,700

Median gross rent

$596$536

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
Under 5	4.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	13.8%	15.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	3.0%
55 to 64	58.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	15.8%
75 and over	0.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	13.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
Drove alone	92.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
1-unit, detached	77.0%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Diamondhead Lake	Jamaica
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.5%
Average household size	2.11	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	42	39
Median year structure built	1982	1938