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Housing in Diagonal

A typical Diagonal home is worth roughly $92,000

Typical home value
$92K
IA $240K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,050
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,176
IA $2,897

What kind of housing town is Diagonal?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Diagonal

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You could afford about
$273,000
Typical Diagonal home $92K

That covers a typical Diagonal home, with $182K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$590
Loan $450Tax $110Insurance $30

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050 a month here, $460 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Iowa typical property tax (1.39% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

90% of Diagonal households own their home

Half of Diagonal’s homes were built before 1938.

Owners and renters
Own 90%Rent 10%

Iowa: 72% own.

1938
typical home built · IA 1972
$1,176
median property tax bill · IA $2,897

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,050

Renters already here pay a median of $825, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$780
1 bedroom$850
2 bedrooms$1,050
3 bedrooms$1,290
4 bedrooms$1,400
10%
of households rent · IA 28%
10
renter households
$825
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Ringgold County, IA): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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