Diamondhead Lake vs Menlo

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

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

Menlo has the higher population (355 vs 283 in Diamondhead Lake). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median household income ($125,000 vs $78,333 in Menlo). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median home value ($257,700 vs $107,100 in Menlo).

Population, income & housing

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
Population	283	355
Median age	57.0 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	$78,333
Median home value	$257,700	$107,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,078
Housing units	274	168
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
Population	312 → 283 (-9.3%)	365 → 355 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$88,664 → $125,000 (+41.0%)	$53,000 → $78,333 (+47.8%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $257,700 (+14.5%)	$74,200 → $107,100 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$318 → $1,078 (+239.0%)

Diamondhead Lake

Population

312283

Median household income

$88,664$125,000

Median home value

$225,000$257,700

Menlo

Population

365355

Median household income

$53,000$78,333

Median home value

$74,200$107,100

Median gross rent

$318$1,078

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
Under 5	4.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	13.8%	13.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	58.3%	22.8%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.7%
75 and over	0.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	89.6%
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%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
Drove alone	92.9%	77.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
1-unit, detached	77.0%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Diamondhead Lake	Menlo
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	42	23
Median year structure built	1982	1938