Okoboji vs Terril

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

Okoboji and Terril 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 357 in Terril). Okoboji has the higher median household income ($59,167 vs $42,917 in Terril). Okoboji has the higher median home value ($320,000 vs $95,400 in Terril).

Population, income & housing

	Okoboji	Terril
Population	806	357
Median age	51.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$42,917
Median home value	$320,000	$95,400
Median gross rent	$935	$1,036
Housing units	1,327	219
Homeownership rate	67.0%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okoboji	Terril
Population	819 → 806 (-1.6%)	454 → 357 (-21.4%)
Median household income	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)	$37,917 → $42,917 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)	$56,300 → $95,400 (+69.4%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)	$842 → $1,036 (+23.0%)

Okoboji

Population

819806

Median household income

$61,136$59,167

Median home value

$333,700$320,000

Median gross rent

$974$935

Terril

Population

454357

Median household income

$37,917$42,917

Median home value

$56,300$95,400

Median gross rent

$842$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okoboji	Terril
Under 5	5.3%	10.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.4%
45 to 54	6.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	18.8%
65 to 74	19.4%	12.9%
75 and over	15.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okoboji	Terril
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	98.0%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okoboji	Terril
No high school diploma	1.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	24.3%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	40.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okoboji	Terril
Drove alone	66.9%	75.0%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	12.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okoboji	Terril
1-unit, detached	49.7%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.1%
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	Terril
Poverty rate	14.7%	13.2%
Average household size	1.74	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1979	1941