Iowa · Census place 21270
Diagonal city, IA
Quick answer
Diagonal city has 481 residents, ranking #478 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $80,417, the median home is worth $84,400 and median gross rent runs $838 a month.
- Population
- 481Diagonal city residents
- Median household income
- $80,417Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $84,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $838Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 47.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 89.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Diagonal city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Diagonal city median would spend about 12.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6.4% of residents and 89.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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