Turtle Lake vs Underwood

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

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

Underwood has the higher population (701 vs 502 in Turtle Lake). Underwood has the higher median household income ($71,625 vs $57,250 in Turtle Lake). Underwood has the higher median home value ($196,300 vs $123,900 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
Population	502	701
Median age	43.5 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$71,625
Median home value	$123,900	$196,300
Median gross rent	$779	$718
Housing units	361	373
Homeownership rate	75.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
Population	562 → 502 (-10.7%)	803 → 701 (-12.7%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $57,250 (+29.0%)	$69,444 → $71,625 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $123,900 (+19.7%)	$163,500 → $196,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $779 (+6.7%)	$721 → $718 (-0.4%)

Turtle Lake

Population

562502

Median household income

$44,375$57,250

Median home value

$103,500$123,900

Median gross rent

$730$779

Underwood

Population

803701

Median household income

$69,444$71,625

Median home value

$163,500$196,300

Median gross rent

$721$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.3%
75 and over	14.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	88.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.4%	8.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
No high school diploma	6.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	31.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	43.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
Drove alone	68.5%	77.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	16.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
1-unit, detached	80.6%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Turtle Lake	Underwood
Poverty rate	14.2%	10.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1970	1974