Diggins vs Niangua

A side-by-side comparison of Diggins and Niangua: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Niangua has the higher population (495 vs 303 in Diggins). Diggins has the higher median household income ($75,125 vs $36,667 in Niangua). Diggins has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $87,500 in Niangua).

Population, income & housing

	Diggins	Niangua
Population	303	495
Median age	47.3 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,125	$36,667
Median home value	$141,700	$87,500
Median gross rent	$591	$695
Housing units	113	219
Homeownership rate	82.6%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	3.9%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diggins	Niangua
Population	268 → 303 (+13.1%)	436 → 495 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$44,432 → $75,125 (+69.1%)	$33,750 → $36,667 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $141,700 (+68.7%)	$51,900 → $87,500 (+68.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $591 (-10.9%)	$606 → $695 (+14.7%)

Diggins

Population

268303

Median household income

$44,432$75,125

Median home value

$84,000$141,700

Median gross rent

$663$591

Niangua

Population

436495

Median household income

$33,750$36,667

Median home value

$51,900$87,500

Median gross rent

$606$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diggins	Niangua
Under 5	5.3%	12.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	0.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	17.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.7%
45 to 54	22.8%	6.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.6%	5.5%
75 and over	8.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diggins	Niangua
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diggins	Niangua
No high school diploma	9.6%	22.1%
High school graduate	47.0%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diggins	Niangua
Drove alone	92.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	3.0%
Other means	1.3%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diggins	Niangua
1-unit, detached	86.7%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	24.7%

Poverty & households

	Diggins	Niangua
Poverty rate	8.9%	40.4%
Average household size	2.78	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1982	1971