Arnolds Park vs West Okoboji

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

Arnolds Park and West 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 384 in West Okoboji). Arnolds Park has the higher median household income ($84,659 vs $73,125 in West Okoboji). West Okoboji has the higher median home value ($591,700 vs $407,600 in Arnolds Park).

Population, income & housing

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
Population	911	384
Median age	64.2 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,659	$73,125
Median home value	$407,600	$591,700
Median gross rent	$671	$1,766
Housing units	1,634	428
Homeownership rate	89.7%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
Population	1,009 → 911 (-9.7%)	309 → 384 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$48,188 → $84,659 (+75.7%)	$68,750 → $73,125 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $407,600 (+81.2%)	$525,000 → $591,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $671 (-20.5%)	$1,625 → $1,766 (+8.7%)

Arnolds Park

Population

1,009911

Median household income

$48,188$84,659

Median home value

$225,000$407,600

Median gross rent

$844$671

West Okoboji

Population

309384

Median household income

$68,750$73,125

Median home value

$525,000$591,700

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
Under 5	4.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	2.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.0%	3.4%
35 to 44	5.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	26.5%	23.4%
65 to 74	27.9%	15.6%
75 and over	17.5%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
No high school diploma	1.5%	3.5%
High school graduate	25.6%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
Drove alone	77.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	17.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
1-unit, detached	55.6%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	11.1%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Arnolds Park	West Okoboji
Poverty rate	5.9%	3.4%
Average household size	1.79	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1994	1979