Diagonal vs Mount Ayr

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

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

Mount Ayr has the higher population (1,739 vs 481 in Diagonal). Diagonal has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $68,676 in Mount Ayr). Mount Ayr has the higher median home value ($144,500 vs $84,400 in Diagonal).

Population, income & housing

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
Population	481	1,739
Median age	47.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$68,676
Median home value	$84,400	$144,500
Median gross rent	$838	$694
Housing units	163	821
Homeownership rate	89.4%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
Population	411 → 481 (+17.0%)	2,056 → 1,739 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$55,078 → $80,417 (+46.0%)	$49,181 → $68,676 (+39.6%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $84,400 (+59.5%)	$87,200 → $144,500 (+65.7%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $838 (+0.2%)	$636 → $694 (+9.1%)

Diagonal

Population

411481

Median household income

$55,078$80,417

Median home value

$52,900$84,400

Median gross rent

$836$838

Mount Ayr

Population

2,0561,739

Median household income

$49,181$68,676

Median home value

$87,200$144,500

Median gross rent

$636$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
Under 5	2.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.2%
55 to 64	3.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	12.2%
75 and over	21.8%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	44.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
Drove alone	77.4%	78.3%
Carpooled	1.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
1-unit, detached	86.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Diagonal	Mount Ayr
Poverty rate	6.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1938	1962