Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Turtle Creek has lower household incomes than 92% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 5.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh. The poverty rate is 17.6% (Pennsylvania 11.7%). For jobs and income Turtle Creek is better than 20% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is among the most walkable U.S. towns (A+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Turtle Creek, in brief
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Turtle Creek’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Pennsylvania average of 26. Time on the road ↓
Most Turtle Creek residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Why Turtle Creek gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Turtle Creek’s grade up (ahead of 87% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (16.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Turtle Creek could be anywhere from D to C+.
How long Turtle Creek spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turtle Creek workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,906 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Turtle Creek, by distance
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.
Who commutes out of Turtle Creek, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,919 residents head out to work, 85 work right here, and 1,138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,100 people are in Turtle Creek on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
27% of working residents work in Pittsburgh
Where Turtle Creek clocks in
27% of workers
10% 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.
What work there is in Turtle Creek: 1,223 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turtle Creek, 2013 → 2023: 1,450 → 1,223. 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 Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Turtle Creek is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Turtle Creek is among the most walkable U.S. towns, #12 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Both inputs place Turtle Creek near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,042 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 39% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 5.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 86% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 26.0% of Turtle Creek households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 26% of Turtle Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,149th of 3,840: where Turtle Creek ranks among U.S. towns of 3,400 to 6,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Wallace Township PA | 3,759 | $183K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 73 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,147 | Nashville NC | 5,911 | $61K | 16.9% | 7.0% | 9% | C− |
| 3,148 | Sheridan OR | 6,243 | $71K | 12.0% | 7.0% | 5% | C− |
| 3,149 | Turtle Creek PA | 4,865 | $46K | 17.6% | 16.1% | 4% | C− |
| 3,150 | Ridgecrest FL | 3,571 | $50K | 21.1% | 10.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,151 | Auburn NE | 3,498 | $58K | 14.1% | 4.1% | 32% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Creek, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns next door employ 14% of Turtle Creek
The biggest share goes to Monroeville (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Turtle Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Creek | – | C− | A+ | 30 min | $45,997 |
| Monroeville | 10% | B | A− | 25 min | $79,218 |
| Wilkins Township | 2% | B− | A− | 29 min | $65,625 |
| West Wilmerding | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| North Versailles Township | 2% | B− | A− | 29 min | $53,353 |
| Wilmerding | under 2% | C− | A+ | 44 min | $36,467 |
| East Pittsburgh | under 2% | C− | A+ | 24 min | $38,561 |
Same-state neighbors only. West Wilmerding: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Turtle Creek’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 Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Turtle Creek?
$45,997 (±$9,871) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turtle Creek?
17.6%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turtle Creek?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turtle Creek work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (27%, 8 mi), Monroeville (10%, 3 mi), North Versailles Township (2%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Turtle Creek walkable?
Turtle Creek is among the most walkable U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 14.7 out of 20, and 31% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Turtle Creek without a car?
26% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. 39% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Turtle Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turtle Creek
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.