Milford vs Okoboji

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

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

Milford has the higher population (3,315 vs 806 in Okoboji). Milford has the higher median household income ($60,571 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). Okoboji has the higher median home value ($320,000 vs $211,000 in Milford).

Population, income & housing

	Milford	Okoboji
Population	3,315	806
Median age	45.8 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,571	$59,167
Median home value	$211,000	$320,000
Median gross rent	$806	$935
Housing units	1,648	1,327
Homeownership rate	69.7%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	41.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milford	Okoboji
Population	3,004 → 3,315 (+10.4%)	819 → 806 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$53,625 → $60,571 (+13.0%)	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $211,000 (+44.8%)	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $806 (+19.4%)	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)

Milford

Population

3,0043,315

Median household income

$53,625$60,571

Median home value

$145,700$211,000

Median gross rent

$675$806

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)

	Milford	Okoboji
Under 5	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.5%	19.4%
75 and over	7.8%	15.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milford	Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	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	1.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milford	Okoboji
No high school diploma	3.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.7%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milford	Okoboji
Drove alone	76.4%	66.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	12.3%
Worked from home	3.7%	17.2%
Other means	5.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milford	Okoboji
1-unit, detached	63.8%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	30.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Milford	Okoboji
Poverty rate	5.3%	14.7%
Average household size	2.14	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1984	1979