Max vs Turtle Lake

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

Max 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 284 in Max). Max has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $57,250 in Turtle Lake). Max has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $123,900 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Max	Turtle Lake
Population	284	502
Median age	41.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$57,250
Median home value	$140,600	$123,900
Median gross rent	$625	$779
Housing units	118	361
Homeownership rate	87.0%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.1%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Max	Turtle Lake
Population	316 → 284 (-10.1%)	562 → 502 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$51,307 → $73,750 (+43.7%)	$44,375 → $57,250 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$98,300 → $140,600 (+43.0%)	$103,500 → $123,900 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$730 → $779 (+6.7%)

Max

Population

316284

Median household income

$51,307$73,750

Median home value

$98,300$140,600

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)

	Max	Turtle Lake
Under 5	3.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	12.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	4.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	5.3%	11.4%
75 and over	6.7%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Max	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Max	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Max	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	54.7%	68.5%
Carpooled	18.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.8%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	12.6%
Other means	14.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Max	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	85.6%	80.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Max	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	3.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.84	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1974	1970