Okoboji vs Wahpeton

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

Okoboji and Wahpeton 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 436 in Wahpeton). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). Wahpeton has the higher median home value ($463,300 vs $320,000 in Okoboji).

Population, income & housing

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
Population	806	436
Median age	51.0 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$86,667
Median home value	$320,000	$463,300
Median gross rent	$935	—
Housing units	1,327	754
Homeownership rate	67.0%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	57.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
Population	819 → 806 (-1.6%)	396 → 436 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)	$79,250 → $86,667 (+9.4%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)	$350,000 → $463,300 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)	$1,458 → $713 (-51.1%)

Okoboji

Population

819806

Median household income

$61,136$59,167

Median home value

$333,700$320,000

Median gross rent

$974$935

Wahpeton

Population

396436

Median household income

$79,250$86,667

Median home value

$350,000$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
Under 5	5.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	19.4%	20.2%
75 and over	15.9%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	3.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.3%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	37.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
Drove alone	66.9%	58.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	10.9%
Bicycle	12.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
1-unit, detached	49.7%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Okoboji	Wahpeton
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.3%
Average household size	1.74	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	15
Median year structure built	1979	1975