Okoboji vs Orleans

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

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

Okoboji has the higher population (806 vs 593 in Orleans). Orleans has the higher median household income ($66,058 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). Orleans has the higher median home value ($448,800 vs $320,000 in Okoboji).

Population, income & housing

	Okoboji	Orleans
Population	806	593
Median age	51.0 yrs	57.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$66,058
Median home value	$320,000	$448,800
Median gross rent	$935	$961
Housing units	1,327	635
Homeownership rate	67.0%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	40.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okoboji	Orleans
Population	819 → 806 (-1.6%)	469 → 593 (+26.4%)
Median household income	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)	$66,875 → $66,058 (-1.2%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)	$387,500 → $448,800 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)	$933 → $961 (+3.0%)

Okoboji

Population

819806

Median household income

$61,136$59,167

Median home value

$333,700$320,000

Median gross rent

$974$935

Orleans

Population

469593

Median household income

$66,875$66,058

Median home value

$387,500$448,800

Median gross rent

$933$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okoboji	Orleans
Under 5	5.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	9.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	0.8%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	6.3%	5.6%
55 to 64	11.9%	19.2%
65 to 74	19.4%	22.3%
75 and over	15.9%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okoboji	Orleans
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	13.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okoboji	Orleans
No high school diploma	1.7%	13.6%
High school graduate	24.3%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okoboji	Orleans
Drove alone	66.9%	90.6%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	12.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okoboji	Orleans
1-unit, detached	49.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Okoboji	Orleans
Poverty rate	14.7%	1.9%
Average household size	1.74	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1979	1973