Okoboji vs West Okoboji

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

Okoboji and West Okoboji 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 384 in West Okoboji). West Okoboji has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $59,167 in Okoboji). West Okoboji has the higher median home value ($591,700 vs $320,000 in Okoboji).

Population, income & housing

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
Population	806	384
Median age	51.0 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,167	$73,125
Median home value	$320,000	$591,700
Median gross rent	$935	$1,766
Housing units	1,327	428
Homeownership rate	67.0%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
Population	819 → 806 (-1.6%)	309 → 384 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$61,136 → $59,167 (-3.2%)	$68,750 → $73,125 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$333,700 → $320,000 (-4.1%)	$525,000 → $591,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$974 → $935 (-4.0%)	$1,625 → $1,766 (+8.7%)

Okoboji

Population

819806

Median household income

$61,136$59,167

Median home value

$333,700$320,000

Median gross rent

$974$935

West Okoboji

Population

309384

Median household income

$68,750$73,125

Median home value

$525,000$591,700

Median gross rent

$1,625$1,766

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
Under 5	5.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	8.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	6.3%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	23.4%
65 to 74	19.4%	15.6%
75 and over	15.9%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	97.1%
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%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.5%
High school graduate	24.3%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
Drove alone	66.9%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	12.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
1-unit, detached	49.7%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	30.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.4%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	11.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Okoboji	West Okoboji
Poverty rate	14.7%	3.4%
Average household size	1.74	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1979	1979