Wahpeton vs West Okoboji

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

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

Wahpeton has the higher population (436 vs 384 in West Okoboji). Wahpeton has the higher median household income ($86,667 vs $73,125 in West Okoboji). West Okoboji has the higher median home value ($591,700 vs $463,300 in Wahpeton).

Population, income & housing

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
Population	436	384
Median age	55.0 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,667	$73,125
Median home value	$463,300	$591,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,766
Housing units	754	428
Homeownership rate	79.7%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.7%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
Population	396 → 436 (+10.1%)	309 → 384 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$79,250 → $86,667 (+9.4%)	$68,750 → $73,125 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $463,300 (+32.4%)	$525,000 → $591,700 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $713 (-51.1%)	$1,625 → $1,766 (+8.7%)

Wahpeton

Population

396436

Median household income

$79,250$86,667

Median home value

$350,000$463,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$713

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)

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
Under 5	3.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	1.6%
25 to 34	7.6%	3.4%
35 to 44	7.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	23.4%
65 to 74	20.2%	15.6%
75 and over	18.3%	22.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.5%
High school graduate	16.3%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.2%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
Drove alone	58.2%	72.3%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	17.6%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
1-unit, detached	72.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.3%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Wahpeton	West Okoboji
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.4%
Average household size	2.06	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1975	1979