Orleans vs West Okoboji

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

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

Orleans has the higher population (593 vs 384 in West Okoboji). West Okoboji has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $66,058 in Orleans). West Okoboji has the higher median home value ($591,700 vs $448,800 in Orleans).

Population, income & housing

	Orleans	West Okoboji
Population	593	384
Median age	57.7 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,058	$73,125
Median home value	$448,800	$591,700
Median gross rent	$961	$1,766
Housing units	635	428
Homeownership rate	89.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orleans	West Okoboji
Population	469 → 593 (+26.4%)	309 → 384 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$66,875 → $66,058 (-1.2%)	$68,750 → $73,125 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$387,500 → $448,800 (+15.8%)	$525,000 → $591,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$933 → $961 (+3.0%)	$1,625 → $1,766 (+8.7%)

Orleans

Population

469593

Median household income

$66,875$66,058

Median home value

$387,500$448,800

Median gross rent

$933$961

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)

	Orleans	West Okoboji
Under 5	1.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.8%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	3.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	6.0%
55 to 64	19.2%	23.4%
65 to 74	22.3%	15.6%
75 and over	14.7%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orleans	West Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orleans	West Okoboji
No high school diploma	13.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	24.1%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orleans	West Okoboji
Drove alone	90.6%	72.3%
Carpooled	0.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orleans	West Okoboji
1-unit, detached	90.7%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Orleans	West Okoboji
Poverty rate	1.9%	3.4%
Average household size	1.98	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1973	1979