Benedict vs Turtle Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Benedict and Turtle Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Benedict and Turtle Lake are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Turtle Lake has the higher population (502 vs 227 in Benedict). Benedict has the higher median household income ($59,155 vs $57,250 in Turtle Lake). Benedict has the higher median home value ($250,700 vs $123,900 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
Population	227	502
Median age	35.6 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,155	$57,250
Median home value	$250,700	$123,900
Median gross rent	—	$779
Housing units	81	361
Homeownership rate	100.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
Population	52 → 227 (+336.5%)	562 → 502 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$49,464 → $59,155 (+19.6%)	$44,375 → $57,250 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$185,700 → $250,700 (+35.0%)	$103,500 → $123,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$730 → $779 (+6.7%)

Benedict

Population

52227

Median household income

$49,464$59,155

Median home value

$185,700$250,700

Turtle Lake

Population

562502

Median household income

$44,375$57,250

Median home value

$103,500$123,900

Median gross rent

$730$779

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
Under 5	0.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	34.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	5.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.4%
75 and over	2.2%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	0.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	18.8%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	71.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	55.4%	68.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	44.6%	16.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	91.4%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Benedict	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	0.9%	14.2%
Average household size	2.80	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1977	1970