Work & commute · Turtle

Work & commute in Turtle, WI

Most working residents leave Turtle for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Beloit (29%), Janesville (15%) and Madison (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 1,162 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,158 Turtle residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Turtle.

1,158live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Turtle goes to work

Beloit4.5 mi away

29%339

Janesville10.3 mi away

15%172

Madison44.9 mi away

9%106

Beloit7 mi away

3%37

Clinton3.5 mi away

3%34

South Beloit, IL6.3 mi away

2%28

Rockford, IL20.9 mi away

2%18

Milwaukee60.7 mi away

1%17

Loves Park, IL14.8 mi away

1%13

Rockton, IL9.5 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%389

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

How far

How far Turtle commutes

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

48%

20%

17%

16%

48%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Turtle is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Turtle are

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

Jobs based in Turtle

304 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Turtle residents hold

1,162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+48%

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.

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.