Turtle River vs Wilton

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

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

Wilton has the higher population (326 vs 67 in Turtle River). Turtle River has the higher median household income ($85,250 vs $68,125 in Wilton). Turtle River has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $152,500 in Wilton).

Population, income & housing

	Turtle River	Wilton
Population	67	326
Median age	64.2 yrs	28.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,250	$68,125
Median home value	$212,500	$152,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,067
Housing units	41	143
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turtle River	Wilton
Population	98 → 67 (-31.6%)	156 → 326 (+109.0%)
Median household income	$46,786 → $85,250 (+82.2%)	$62,813 → $68,125 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $212,500 (+54.5%)	$130,400 → $152,500 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,018 → $1,067 (+4.8%)

Turtle River

Population

9867

Median household income

$46,786$85,250

Median home value

$137,500$212,500

Wilton

Population

156326

Median household income

$62,813$68,125

Median home value

$130,400$152,500

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Turtle River	Wilton
Under 5	7.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	6.0%	30.4%
18 to 24	1.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	3.0%	16.6%
55 to 64	31.3%	5.5%
65 to 74	31.3%	11.3%
75 and over	7.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turtle River	Wilton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	8.9%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	12.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turtle River	Wilton
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turtle River	Wilton
Drove alone	53.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	11.8%
Public transit	3.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turtle River	Wilton
1-unit, detached	95.1%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Turtle River	Wilton
Poverty rate	1.5%	15.5%
Average household size	1.91	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	31	16
Median year structure built	1991	1981