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The Diamond Lake neighborhood, named for the lake located in the western portion of the neighborhood, is conveniently located in southern Minneapolis situated in between the Windom and Wenonah neighborhoods and the city of Richfield directly to the south. The neighborhood is bounded by 62nd Street to the south, Cedar Avenue to the east, Diamond Lake Road and 55th Street to the north and Interstate 35W to the west.
The Diamond Lake neighborhood is known for the parks and abundance of green space within the neighborhood including Diamond Lake Park, Todd Park, Lake Nokomis Park and Edward C Solomon Park.
The 81-acre Diamond Lake Park surrounds the pristine Diamond Lake, a shallow natural 55-acre lake home to a variety of waterfowl and migratory birds. Nearby Todd Park, which is directly east of Diamond Lake at 56th Street and Chicago Avenue, offers several recreational amenities such as baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, playgrounds and walking paths.
In the northeast corner of the neighborhood, Lake Nokomis Park connects neighborhood residents to beautiful Lake Nokomis, named "Best Place to Get Away Without Leaving Town" by the City Pages in 2008. One of three sailing lakes within the city of Minneapolis, Lake Nokomis offers residents an abundance of recreational activities including swimming beaches, miles of walking and biking trails, playgrounds, concessions, fishing docks and several baseball, softball and football fields.
The 45-acre Edward C Solomon Park in the southeast portion of the neighborhood is one of the newer parks in the Minneapolis park system and contains open fields, wetlands, wooded areas and an archery range
Primarily residential, the Diamond Lake Neighborhood has a couple of smaller neighborhood corners that contain retail and commercial oriented businesses. At the intersections of 60th Street and Portland Avenue, there is a gas station/convenience store, record store and Dairy Queen, popular with local residents during the summertime. At 56th Street and Chicago Avenue, there is a large Kowalski's grocery store and separate corner convenience store that provide local Diamond Lake residents with all of their shopping needs. Additionally, the popular and well liked restaurants in the neighborhood such as the 5-8 Club, First Course and Fat Lorenzo's offer diverse dining options.
Residents of Diamond Lake enjoy the convenient access to Interstate 35W on the western edge of the neighborhood, Cedar Avenue (which turns into Highway 77) on the eastern edge of the neighborhood and Highway 62/Crosstown on the southern edge. These major thoroughfares provide residents quick access to their workplace, larger suburban retail areas and the Minneapolis-St Paul International airport.
There are very few renters in the neighborhood, with 91% percent of all households considered to be owner-occupied. Average median household income remained substantially higher at $60,805 per household as compared to an overall household income for Minneapolis of $37,974, making the neighborhood more affluent as compared to some of its neighbors.
With a convenient location, easy access to major nearby thoroughfares, and an abundance of green space, parks and recreational activities, Diamond Lake will always remain one of the more sought after neighborhoods within Minneapolis.
Property values of Diamond Lake condos, Diamond Lake townhomes, Diamond Lake single family homes and Diamond Lake investment real estate fluctuate and there are many variables that can effect the sale price of real estate in this Nokomis Minneapolis neighborhood. A Minneapolis REALTOR® who is a specialist in Diamond Lake home sales, is the best resource for determining the value of a home you're thinking about buying or selling in the neighborhood. The charts below provide historical homes sales data for Diamond Lake real estate. To speak with a REALTOR® about homes in any of the Nokomis Minneapolis neigbhorhoods, click here.
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If you're looking for a new home in Minneapolis' Diamond Lake neighborhood, you might also want to consider one of the neighboring communities listed below. Minneapolis' Nokomis area consists of Diamond Lake, Ericsson, Field, Hale, Keewaydin, Minnehaha, Morris Park, Northrop, Page, Regina and Wenonah.
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