Work & commute · Turtle Lake

Work & commute in Turtle Lake, ND

Most working residents leave Turtle Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Garrison (20%), Bismarck (9%) and Minot (7%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 171 Turtle Lake residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Turtle Lake.

171live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Turtle Lake goes to work

Garrison26.4 mi away

20%37

Bismarck49.2 mi away

9%17

Turtle Lake (in town)right here

8%14

Minot52.5 mi away

7%13

Fargo196 mi away

6%11

Washburn17 mi away

3%5

White Shield45.4 mi away

3%5

Dickinson99.5 mi away

2%4

Grand Forks178.9 mi away

2%4

Wilton25.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%72

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.

15%

39%

37%

9%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Turtle Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Turtle Lake are

183 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

183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Turtle Lake residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−18%

Jobs based in Turtle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 183. 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.