Terril vs West Okoboji

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

Terril 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 357 in Terril). West Okoboji has the higher median household income ($73,125 vs $42,917 in Terril). West Okoboji has the higher median home value ($591,700 vs $95,400 in Terril).

Population, income & housing

	Terril	West Okoboji
Population	357	384
Median age	44.9 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,917	$73,125
Median home value	$95,400	$591,700
Median gross rent	$1,036	$1,766
Housing units	219	428
Homeownership rate	80.7%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Terril	West Okoboji
Population	454 → 357 (-21.4%)	309 → 384 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$37,917 → $42,917 (+13.2%)	$68,750 → $73,125 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$56,300 → $95,400 (+69.4%)	$525,000 → $591,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,036 (+23.0%)	$1,625 → $1,766 (+8.7%)

Terril

Population

454357

Median household income

$37,917$42,917

Median home value

$56,300$95,400

Median gross rent

$842$1,036

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)

	Terril	West Okoboji
Under 5	10.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	3.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	18.8%	23.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.6%
75 and over	4.5%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Terril	West Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	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	0.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Terril	West Okoboji
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	41.5%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Terril	West Okoboji
Drove alone	75.0%	72.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	17.6%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Terril	West Okoboji
1-unit, detached	95.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	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

	Terril	West Okoboji
Poverty rate	13.2%	3.4%
Average household size	1.77	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1941	1979