Shopiere Congregational Church · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Turtle has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
304 jobs are based in Turtle, against 1,162 working residents. Jobs and income earn Turtle B+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Hardly any work in Turtle; the top destination outside it is Beloit (29%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Turtle: the figures worth knowing
Turtle makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Turtle are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Turtle residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
Turtle and Beloit trade workers both ways
Beloit is the top workplace for Turtle residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Turtle come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Turtle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 23 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Turtle is a place people come home to
There are 304 jobs based in Turtle, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Turtle has about 1,500 people in it, 36% 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.
Where Turtle’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Turtle is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Turtle’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Turtle could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Goods, not services: 64% of the jobs in Turtle
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turtle, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 304. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Turtle to work: where people go
Where Turtle clocks in
29% of workers
15% of workers
9% 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.
Time on the road from Turtle: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turtle workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,268 commuters (the 9% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Turtle
On a workday 1,158 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Turtle on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Miles to work from Turtle
About 16% 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.
Turtle is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Turtle is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,395 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 35% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 2.7% of Turtle households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Turtle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Turtle is 1,198th among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,196 | Dry Ridge OH | 2,554 | $74K | 4.1% | 5.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,197 | Big Creek Township KS | 2,622 | $90K | 8.1% | 1.4% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,198 | Turtle WI | 2,392 | $94K | 5.7% | 5.3% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,199 | Circle D-KC Estates TX | 3,135 | $94K | 9.8% | 1.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,200 | Hazelton Township MI | 2,032 | $81K | 7.6% | 2.0% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 32% of Turtle’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Turtle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle | – | B+ | B− | 31 min | $93,750 |
| Beloit | 29% | C+ | A | 23 min | $62,663 |
| Clinton | under 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| La Prairie | under 1% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Beloit | 3% | A− | B− | 23 min | $79,662 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clinton: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. La Prairie: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Beloit. Darker towns draw more of Turtle’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: questions
What is the median household income in Turtle?
$93,750 (±$14,967) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turtle?
5.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turtle?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turtle work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beloit (29%, 4 mi), Janesville (15%, 10 mi), Madison (9%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Turtle walkable?
Turtle is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Turtle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Turtle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turtle
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.