Work & commute · Turtle Lake

Work & commute in Turtle Lake, MN

Most working residents leave Turtle Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bemidji (56%), Moorhead (2%) and Northern (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 580 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 578 Turtle Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Turtle Lake.

578live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

79work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Turtle Lake goes to work

Bemidji9.1 mi away

56%322

Moorhead102.4 mi away

2%13

Northern5 mi away

2%12

Blackduck16.2 mi away

2%11

Cass Lake20.6 mi away

2%9

Fargo, ND105.9 mi away

1%8

Red Lake18.6 mi away

1%8

Bemidji12.2 mi away

1%7

Farden17.8 mi away

1%7

Grand Rapids67.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%177

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

How far

How far Turtle Lake commutes

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

43%

31%

21%

43%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Turtle Lake is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Turtle Lake are

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

Jobs based in Turtle Lake

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Turtle Lake residents hold

580 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+326%

Jobs based in Turtle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 81. 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.