Arnolds Park vs Okoboji

A side-by-side comparison of Arnolds Park and Okoboji: population, income, housing, and more.

Arnolds Park and Okoboji are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arnolds Park has the higher population (911 vs 806 in Okoboji). Arnolds Park has the higher median household income ($84,659 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). Arnolds Park has the higher median home value ($407,600 vs $320,000 in Okoboji).

Population, income & housing

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
Population	911	806
Median age	64.2 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,659	$59,167
Median home value	$407,600	$320,000
Median gross rent	$671	$935
Housing units	1,634	1,327
Homeownership rate	89.7%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
Population	1,009 → 911 (-9.7%)	819 → 806 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$48,188 → $84,659 (+75.7%)	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $407,600 (+81.2%)	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $671 (-20.5%)	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)

Arnolds Park

Population

1,009911

Median household income

$48,188$84,659

Median home value

$225,000$407,600

Median gross rent

$844$671

Okoboji

Population

819806

Median household income

$61,136$59,167

Median home value

$333,700$320,000

Median gross rent

$974$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
Under 5	4.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	2.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	1.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	7.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.6%	6.3%
55 to 64	26.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	27.9%	19.4%
75 and over	17.5%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
No high school diploma	1.5%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.6%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
Drove alone	77.8%	66.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	12.3%
Worked from home	10.6%	17.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
1-unit, detached	55.6%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	30.7%
20 or more units	11.1%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Arnolds Park	Okoboji
Poverty rate	5.9%	14.7%
Average household size	1.79	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	18	18
Median year structure built	1994	1979