Work means Bemidji for more than half of Turtle Lake Township’s working residents
Home is the office for 9% of workers, against 18% across Minnesota. For jobs and income Turtle Lake Township is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). Measured by household income, Turtle Lake Township is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Turtle Lake Township, in brief
More than half of Turtle Lake Township works in Bemidji
322 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Bemidji, 9.1 miles away. That’s far more as work in Turtle Lake Township itself. The commute map ↓
Turtle Lake Township is a place people come home to
There are 81 jobs based in Turtle Lake Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Turtle Lake Township has about 760 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 580 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Turtle Lake Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Turtle Lake Township’s grade up ($119,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Turtle Lake Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Turtle Lake Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The places Turtle Lake Township commutes to
Where Turtle Lake Township clocks in
56% of workers
2% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The workday shuffle in and out of Turtle Lake Township
On a workday 578 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Turtle Lake Township on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.14 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Turtle Lake Township
81 jobs are based in Turtle Lake Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turtle Lake Township, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 81. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Turtle Lake Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Turtle Lake Township: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turtle Lake Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 560 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Turtle Lake Township’s workers travel
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Turtle Lake Township commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 618 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Turtle Lake Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Turtle Lake Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Turtle Lake Township next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 972nd of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
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| 29 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 970 | Union Hall VA | 1,445 | $103K | 4.4% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 971 | Brookfield Township MI | 1,472 | $87K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 972 | Turtle Lake Township MN | 1,258 | $120K | 5.4% | 0.5% | <1% | B+ |
| 973 | Parkland WI | 1,228 | $95K | 7.7% | 2.5% | 0% | B+ |
| 974 | Golden Valley NV | 1,139 | $93K | 10.2% | 12.5% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Turtle Lake Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
The towns around Turtle Lake Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Turtle Lake Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Lake Township | – | B+ | D− | 25 min | $119,750 |
| Port Hope Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Durand Township | under 2% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Liberty Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Northern Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $99,848 |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Hope Township, Durand Township and Liberty Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Northern Township. Darker towns draw more of Turtle Lake Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Turtle Lake Township: questions
What is the median household income in Turtle Lake Township?
$119,750 (±$7,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turtle Lake Township?
5.4%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turtle Lake Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turtle Lake Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (56%, 9 mi), Moorhead (2%, 102 mi), Northern Township (2%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Turtle Lake Township walkable?
Turtle Lake Township is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Turtle Lake Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Turtle Lake Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turtle Lake Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.