Okoboji vs Superior

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

Okoboji and Superior 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 132 in Superior). Superior has the higher median household income ($59,432 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). Okoboji has the higher median home value ($320,000 vs $74,000 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Okoboji	Superior
Population	806	132
Median age	51.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$59,432
Median home value	$320,000	$74,000
Median gross rent	$935	—
Housing units	1,327	70
Homeownership rate	67.0%	98.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okoboji	Superior
Population	819 → 806 (-1.6%)	221 → 132 (-40.3%)
Median household income	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)	$44,000 → $59,432 (+35.1%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)	$80,000 → $74,000 (-7.5%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)	—

Okoboji

Population

819806

Median household income

$61,136$59,167

Median home value

$333,700$320,000

Median gross rent

$974$935

Superior

Population

221132

Median household income

$44,000$59,432

Median home value

$80,000$74,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okoboji	Superior
Under 5	5.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	22.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	4.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	18.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	19.4%	11.4%
75 and over	15.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okoboji	Superior
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okoboji	Superior
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	24.3%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okoboji	Superior
Drove alone	66.9%	94.9%
Carpooled	3.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	12.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okoboji	Superior
1-unit, detached	49.7%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Okoboji	Superior
Poverty rate	14.7%	6.2%
Average household size	1.74	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1979	1943