Solway vs Turtle River

A side-by-side comparison of Solway and Turtle River: population, income, housing, and more.

Solway and Turtle River are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Solway has the higher population (116 vs 67 in Turtle River). Solway has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $85,250 in Turtle River). Turtle River has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $185,800 in Solway).

Population, income & housing

	Solway	Turtle River
Population	116	67
Median age	25.8 yrs	64.2 yrs
Median household income	$118,750	$85,250
Median home value	$185,800	$212,500
Housing units	41	41
Homeownership rate	90.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Solway	Turtle River
Population	83 → 116 (+39.8%)	98 → 67 (-31.6%)
Median household income	$66,667 → $118,750 (+78.1%)	$46,786 → $85,250 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $185,800 (+21.8%)	$137,500 → $212,500 (+54.5%)

Solway

Population

83116

Median household income

$66,667$118,750

Median home value

$152,500$185,800

Turtle River

Population

9867

Median household income

$46,786$85,250

Median home value

$137,500$212,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Solway	Turtle River
Under 5	30.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	3.4%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	1.5%
25 to 34	37.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	31.3%
65 to 74	3.4%	31.3%
75 and over	3.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Solway	Turtle River
White (non-Hispanic)	52.6%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	15.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Solway	Turtle River
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	19.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Solway	Turtle River
Drove alone	93.2%	53.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	30.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Solway	Turtle River
1-unit, detached	97.6%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Solway	Turtle River
Poverty rate	9.5%	1.5%
Average household size	2.83	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1978	1991