Diagonal vs Maloy

A side-by-side comparison of Diagonal and Maloy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Diagonal has the higher population (481 vs 40 in Maloy). Maloy has the higher median household income ($93,125 vs $80,417 in Diagonal). Since 2019, Maloy's population has grown faster (+29.0% vs +17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Diagonal	Maloy
Population	481	40
Median age	47.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$93,125
Median home value	$84,400	—
Median gross rent	$838	—
Housing units	163	18
Homeownership rate	89.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diagonal	Maloy
Population	411 → 481 (+17.0%)	31 → 40 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$55,078 → $80,417 (+46.0%)	$70,000 → $93,125 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $84,400 (+59.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$836 → $838 (+0.2%)	—

Diagonal

Population

411481

Median household income

$55,078$80,417

Median home value

$52,900$84,400

Median gross rent

$836$838

Maloy

Population

3140

Median household income

$70,000$93,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diagonal	Maloy
Under 5	2.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	27.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	3.7%	30.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	2.5%
75 and over	21.8%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diagonal	Maloy
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	92.5%
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	13.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diagonal	Maloy
No high school diploma	10.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diagonal	Maloy
Drove alone	77.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diagonal	Maloy
1-unit, detached	86.5%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Diagonal	Maloy
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938