Superior vs West Okoboji

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

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

West Okoboji has the higher population (384 vs 132 in Superior). West Okoboji has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $59,432 in Superior). West Okoboji has the higher median home value ($591,700 vs $74,000 in Superior).

Population, income & housing

	Superior	West Okoboji
Population	132	384
Median age	47.4 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,432	$73,125
Median home value	$74,000	$591,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,766
Housing units	70	428
Homeownership rate	98.2%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Superior	West Okoboji
Population	221 → 132 (-40.3%)	309 → 384 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$44,000 → $59,432 (+35.1%)	$68,750 → $73,125 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $74,000 (-7.5%)	$525,000 → $591,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,625 → $1,766 (+8.7%)

Superior

Population

221132

Median household income

$44,000$59,432

Median home value

$80,000$74,000

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)

	Superior	West Okoboji
Under 5	6.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.6%
25 to 34	4.5%	3.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	18.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	23.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.6%
75 and over	8.3%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Superior	West Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Superior	West Okoboji
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	55.2%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Superior	West Okoboji
Drove alone	94.9%	72.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Superior	West Okoboji
1-unit, detached	97.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Superior	West Okoboji
Poverty rate	6.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.32	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1943	1979