Dimondale vs Sunfield

A side-by-side comparison of Dimondale and Sunfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Dimondale and Sunfield are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dimondale has the higher population (1,582 vs 654 in Sunfield). Dimondale has the higher median household income ($112,333 vs $66,406 in Sunfield). Dimondale has the higher median home value ($220,500 vs $134,200 in Sunfield).

Population, income & housing

	Dimondale	Sunfield
Population	1,582	654
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$112,333	$66,406
Median home value	$220,500	$134,200
Median gross rent	$876	$1,035
Housing units	594	258
Homeownership rate	87.3%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	12.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dimondale	Sunfield
Population	1,370 → 1,582 (+15.5%)	504 → 654 (+29.8%)
Median household income	$79,375 → $112,333 (+41.5%)	$48,750 → $66,406 (+36.2%)
Median home value	$159,100 → $220,500 (+38.6%)	$103,800 → $134,200 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $876 (+20.3%)	$620 → $1,035 (+66.9%)

Dimondale

Population

1,3701,582

Median household income

$79,375$112,333

Median home value

$159,100$220,500

Median gross rent

$728$876

Sunfield

Population

504654

Median household income

$48,750$66,406

Median home value

$103,800$134,200

Median gross rent

$620$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dimondale	Sunfield
Under 5	3.1%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	21.6%
65 to 74	16.8%	9.6%
75 and over	6.5%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dimondale	Sunfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dimondale	Sunfield
No high school diploma	3.1%	17.4%
High school graduate	19.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	45.2%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	5.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dimondale	Sunfield
Drove alone	79.1%	78.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dimondale	Sunfield
1-unit, detached	89.1%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	9.3%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Dimondale	Sunfield
Poverty rate	7.5%	15.7%
Average household size	2.72	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1968	1963