Most of Turtle Lake commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Turtle Lake for work; outside it, Elkhorn is the main destination (12%, 8 miles). Turtle Lake has 68 jobs, and 203 of its residents work somewhere. 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Turtle Lake and work: the main findings
Turtle Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Turtle Lake workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 203 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Turtle Lake’s commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turtle Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 167 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Turtle Lake on a workday afternoon
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Turtle Lake on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Turtle Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Turtle Lake clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Turtle Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turtle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 68. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Turtle Lake
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 median household income in Turtle Lake?
$63,438 (±$34,563) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turtle Lake?
12.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turtle Lake?
38 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turtle Lake work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elkhorn (12%, 8 mi), Delavan (7%, 7 mi), Janesville (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
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.