Lake Park vs Okoboji

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

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

Lake Park has the higher population (1,191 vs 806 in Okoboji). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($73,977 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). Okoboji has the higher median home value ($320,000 vs $153,500 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	Okoboji
Population	1,191	806
Median age	40.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,977	$59,167
Median home value	$153,500	$320,000
Median gross rent	$1,013	$935
Housing units	598	1,327
Homeownership rate	88.1%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	Okoboji
Population	1,230 → 1,191 (-3.2%)	819 → 806 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $73,977 (+22.9%)	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $153,500 (+32.4%)	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,013 (+30.7%)	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)

Lake Park

Population

1,2301,191

Median household income

$60,208$73,977

Median home value

$115,900$153,500

Median gross rent

$775$1,013

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)

	Lake Park	Okoboji
Under 5	8.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	11.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	8.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	6.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.8%	19.4%
75 and over	8.6%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	Okoboji
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	36.8%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	Okoboji
Drove alone	88.1%	66.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	12.3%
Worked from home	6.4%	17.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	Okoboji
1-unit, detached	90.1%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	30.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	Okoboji
Poverty rate	4.7%	14.7%
Average household size	2.35	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1965	1979