Diamondhead Lake vs Yale

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

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

Yale has the higher population (337 vs 283 in Diamondhead Lake). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median household income ($125,000 vs $80,938 in Yale). Diamondhead Lake has the higher median home value ($257,700 vs $74,700 in Yale).

Population, income & housing

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
Population	283	337
Median age	57.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,000	$80,938
Median home value	$257,700	$74,700
Median gross rent	—	$940
Housing units	274	140
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
Population	312 → 283 (-9.3%)	265 → 337 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$88,664 → $125,000 (+41.0%)	$46,042 → $80,938 (+75.8%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $257,700 (+14.5%)	$79,500 → $74,700 (-6.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$763 → $940 (+23.2%)

Diamondhead Lake

Population

312283

Median household income

$88,664$125,000

Median home value

$225,000$257,700

Yale

Population

265337

Median household income

$46,042$80,938

Median home value

$79,500$74,700

Median gross rent

$763$940

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
Under 5	4.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	37.4%
18 to 24	13.8%	0.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	23.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	16.3%
55 to 64	58.3%	6.5%
65 to 74	3.9%	5.3%
75 and over	0.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	98.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	19.1%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
Drove alone	92.9%	83.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
1-unit, detached	77.0%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Diamondhead Lake	Yale
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.11	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	42	26
Median year structure built	1982	1938