Arnolds Park vs Wahpeton

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

Arnolds Park and Wahpeton 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 436 in Wahpeton). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $84,659 in Arnolds Park). Wahpeton has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $407,600 in Arnolds Park).

Population, income & housing

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
Population	911	436
Median age	64.2 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,659	$86,667
Median home value	$407,600	$463,300
Median gross rent	$671	—
Housing units	1,634	754
Homeownership rate	89.7%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	57.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
Population	1,009 → 911 (-9.7%)	396 → 436 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$48,188 → $84,659 (+75.7%)	$79,250 → $86,667 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $407,600 (+81.2%)	$350,000 → $463,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $671 (-20.5%)	$1,458 → $713 (-51.1%)

Arnolds Park

Population

1,009911

Median household income

$48,188$84,659

Median home value

$225,000$407,600

Median gross rent

$844$671

Wahpeton

Population

396436

Median household income

$79,250$86,667

Median home value

$350,000$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
Under 5	4.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	2.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	5.7%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.6%	11.0%
55 to 64	26.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	27.9%	20.2%
75 and over	17.5%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
No high school diploma	1.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.6%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
Drove alone	77.8%	58.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	16.8%
Other means	1.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
1-unit, detached	55.6%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Arnolds Park	Wahpeton
Poverty rate	5.9%	5.3%
Average household size	1.79	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1994	1975