With 418 people, West Okoboji is a city in Iowa. At a median age of 64.5, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 1% of residents were born outside the United States. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $593,800. The poverty rate is 3.6%, under the national 12.5%. 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $66,250, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 64.5
US median: 38.9
More educated
43% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 85%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about West Okoboji
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants90.0% → 57.4%(−32.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$234,967 → $593,800(+153%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age52.3 → 64.5(+12.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
West Okoboji's population equals 2.3% of Dickinson County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.9%(7)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War38.5%(10)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II19.2%(5)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 26 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
West Okoboji, decade by decade
West Okoboji population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
278
$93,754
$234,967
23.4%
0.0
2000
432
$58,444
$320,611
17.2%
6.2
2010
289
$78,276
$578,881
40.3%
6.0
2020
308
$85,600
$537,297
42.7%
7.2
2024
418
$66,250
$593,800
43.2%
7.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
