Work & commute · Turtle Creek

Work & commute in Turtle Creek, MN

Most working residents leave Turtle Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Long Prairie (15%), Browerville (8%) and Little Falls (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 117 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 117 Turtle Creek residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Turtle Creek.

117live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Turtle Creek goes to work

Long Prairie14.8 mi away

15%17

Browerville9.5 mi away

8%9

Little Falls20.2 mi away

6%7

Long Prairie14.2 mi away

6%7

Motley12.6 mi away

4%5

Staples15.9 mi away

4%5

St. Cloud50.4 mi away

4%5

Wadena28.6 mi away

3%4

Alexandria37.9 mi away

3%4

Sebeka37.5 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%52

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Turtle Creek commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

42%

21%

26%

10%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Turtle Creek is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Turtle Creek are

15 jobs are based in Turtle Creek. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Turtle Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Turtle Creek

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Turtle Creek residents hold

117 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+275%

Jobs based in Turtle Creek, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 15. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.