Diagonal vs Sun Valley Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Diagonal and Sun Valley Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Diagonal and Sun Valley Lake 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 162 in Sun Valley Lake). Sun Valley Lake has the higher median household income ($127,188 vs $80,417 in Diagonal). Sun Valley Lake has the higher median home value ($485,300 vs $84,400 in Diagonal).

Population, income & housing

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
Population	481	162
Median age	47.2 yrs	69.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$127,188
Median home value	$84,400	$485,300
Median gross rent	$838	—
Housing units	163	552
Homeownership rate	89.4%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	67.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
Population	411 → 481 (+17.0%)	220 → 162 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$55,078 → $80,417 (+46.0%)	$72,292 → $127,188 (+75.9%)
Median home value	$52,900 → $84,400 (+59.5%)	$353,500 → $485,300 (+37.3%)
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

Sun Valley Lake

Population

220162

Median household income

$72,292$127,188

Median home value

$353,500$485,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	4.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	17.9%
55 to 64	3.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	45.7%
75 and over	21.8%	17.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	94.4%
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%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
No high school diploma	10.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	44.1%	2.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	40.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
Drove alone	77.4%	71.0%
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%	29.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
1-unit, detached	86.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Diagonal	Sun Valley Lake
Poverty rate	6.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	1.82
Mean commute (minutes)	17	35
Median year structure built	1938	1992