Lake Park vs West Okoboji

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

Lake 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.

Lake Park has the higher population (1,191 vs 384 in West Okoboji). Lake Park has the higher median household income ($73,977 vs $73,125 in West Okoboji). West Okoboji has the higher median home value ($591,700 vs $153,500 in Lake Park).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
Population	1,191	384
Median age	40.1 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$73,977	$73,125
Median home value	$153,500	$591,700
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,766
Housing units	598	428
Homeownership rate	88.1%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.1%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
Population	1,230 → 1,191 (-3.2%)	309 → 384 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$60,208 → $73,977 (+22.9%)	$68,750 → $73,125 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$115,900 → $153,500 (+32.4%)	$525,000 → $591,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $1,013 (+30.7%)	$1,625 → $1,766 (+8.7%)

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

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)

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
Under 5	8.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	1.6%
25 to 34	11.8%	3.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	10.2%	23.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.6%
75 and over	8.6%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
No high school diploma	1.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	36.8%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	47.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
Drove alone	88.1%	72.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	17.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
1-unit, detached	90.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Lake Park	West Okoboji
Poverty rate	4.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.35	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1965	1979