Diamond vs Leawood

A side-by-side comparison of Diamond and Leawood: population, income, housing, and more.

Diamond and Leawood are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Diamond has the higher population (911 vs 606 in Leawood). Leawood has the higher median household income ($109,432 vs $74,000 in Diamond). Leawood has the higher median home value ($253,300 vs $132,800 in Diamond).

Population, income & housing

	Diamond	Leawood
Population	911	606
Median age	37.5 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,000	$109,432
Median home value	$132,800	$253,300
Median gross rent	$814	—
Housing units	369	325
Homeownership rate	75.7%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	47.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamond	Leawood
Population	874 → 911 (+4.2%)	646 → 606 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$46,595 → $74,000 (+58.8%)	$74,583 → $109,432 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$81,200 → $132,800 (+63.5%)	$188,400 → $253,300 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $814 (+42.6%)	$570 → $631 (+10.7%)

Diamond

Population

874911

Median household income

$46,595$74,000

Median home value

$81,200$132,800

Median gross rent

$571$814

Leawood

Population

646606

Median household income

$74,583$109,432

Median home value

$188,400$253,300

Median gross rent

$570$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamond	Leawood
Under 5	9.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	18.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	12.5%
55 to 64	7.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	17.8%
75 and over	4.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamond	Leawood
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamond	Leawood
No high school diploma	12.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.7%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamond	Leawood
Drove alone	79.7%	86.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamond	Leawood
1-unit, detached	89.7%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Diamond	Leawood
Poverty rate	4.6%	2.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	16
Median year structure built	1983	1982