For about half of its working residents, Turtle River Township is a commute to Bemidji
Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. The two grades for Turtle River Township are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Hardly any work in Turtle River Township itself; outside it, Bemidji draws the most (50%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Turtle River Township apart on work
More than half of Turtle River Township works in Bemidji
278 working residents, 50%, have their main job in Bemidji, 7.5 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Turtle River Township itself. The commute map ↓
Turtle River Township is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Turtle River Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Turtle River Township has about 660 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Turtle River Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Turtle River Township is better than 64% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Turtle River Township’s grade up (3.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Turtle River 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 River Township could be anywhere from B− to A−.
Out of Turtle River Township to work: where people go
Where Turtle River Township clocks in
50% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
Who works in Turtle River Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 550 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Turtle River Township on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
0.03 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 2024, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Turtle River Township
17 jobs are based in Turtle River Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turtle River Township, 2014 → 2024: 76 → 17. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Turtle River Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 19 minutes each way for Turtle River Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turtle River Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 487 commuters (the 7% 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 River Township’s workers travel
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Turtle River Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Turtle River Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.7% across Minnesota, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 525 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). 0.0% of Turtle River Township households have no vehicle (Minnesota 6.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Turtle River Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Turtle River Township is 905th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Medicine Lake MN | 1,342 | $184K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Dellwood MN | 1,148 | $225K | 4.1% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Louisville Township MN | 1,361 | $143K | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 903 | Preble NY | 1,305 | $82K | 5.4% | 1.1% | 3% | B |
| 904 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,562 | $81K | 5.6% | 1.3% | 2% | B |
| 905 | Turtle River Township MN | 1,194 | $94K | 3.9% | 4.3% | <1% | B |
| 906 | Harrisville NH | 1,000 | $103K | 3.6% | 3.0% | 5% | B |
| 907 | Salisbury VT | 1,262 | $100K | 4.6% | 6.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 River Township, the top three, the last and three more from Minnesota.
Work next door: 52% of Turtle River Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Turtle River Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle River Township | – | B | C− | 19 min | $94,000 |
| Port Hope Township | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Northern Township | 2% | B+ | C+ | 20 min | $99,848 |
| Turtle River | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Sugar Bush Township | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Frohn Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 24 min | $90,156 |
| Bemidji | 50% | C− | A | 17 min | $55,405 |
| Ten Lake Township | under 2% | D | C− | 23 min | $70,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Port Hope Township, Turtle River and Sugar Bush Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bemidji. Darker towns draw more of Turtle River 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 2024, 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 River Township: questions
What is the median household income in Turtle River Township?
$94,000 (±$17,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turtle River Township?
3.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turtle River Township?
19 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turtle River Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bemidji (50%, 8 mi), Blackduck (3%, 16 mi), Moorhead (3%, 105 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Turtle River Township walkable?
Turtle River Township is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Turtle River Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Turtle River Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turtle River Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.