Work means Polson for about two in five of Turtle Lake’s working residents
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, next to 12% for Montana as a whole. Hardly any work in Turtle Lake itself; outside it, Polson draws the most (40%, 3 miles). The Census job records count 90 working residents of Turtle Lake and no jobs based in it.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Turtle Lake on a workday
On a workday 90 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Turtle Lake on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Commuting out of Turtle Lake: the destinations
Where Turtle Lake clocks in
40% of workers
12% 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.
Working from home in Turtle Lake
of Turtle Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Montana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Montana: 81% drive alone, 1% 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’s workers travel
About 18% 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.
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: questions
What is the poverty rate in Turtle Lake?
10.9%, against 11.5% across Montana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Turtle Lake work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Turtle Lake 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 Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turtle Lake
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.