Okoboji vs Spirit Lake

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

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

Spirit Lake has the higher population (5,469 vs 806 in Okoboji). Spirit Lake has the higher median household income ($73,627 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). Okoboji has the higher median home value ($320,000 vs $218,400 in Spirit Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
Population	806	5,469
Median age	51.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$73,627
Median home value	$320,000	$218,400
Median gross rent	$935	$885
Housing units	1,327	2,930
Homeownership rate	67.0%	66.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
Population	819 → 806 (-1.6%)	5,069 → 5,469 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)	$54,293 → $73,627 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)	$156,300 → $218,400 (+39.7%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)	$848 → $885 (+4.4%)

Okoboji

Population

819806

Median household income

$61,136$59,167

Median home value

$333,700$320,000

Median gross rent

$974$935

Spirit Lake

Population

5,0695,469

Median household income

$54,293$73,627

Median home value

$156,300$218,400

Median gross rent

$848$885

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
Under 5	5.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	19.4%	14.4%
75 and over	15.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
No high school diploma	1.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	24.3%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
Drove alone	66.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.4%
Bicycle	12.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
1-unit, detached	49.7%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Okoboji	Spirit Lake
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.0%
Average household size	1.74	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	14
Median year structure built	1979	1977