Turtle Lake vs Washburn

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

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

Washburn has the higher population (1,434 vs 502 in Turtle Lake). Washburn has the higher median household income ($75,729 vs $57,250 in Turtle Lake). Washburn has the higher median home value ($226,200 vs $123,900 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
Population	502	1,434
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$75,729
Median home value	$123,900	$226,200
Median gross rent	$779	$804
Housing units	361	709
Homeownership rate	75.9%	69.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
Population	562 → 502 (-10.7%)	1,391 → 1,434 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $57,250 (+29.0%)	$82,554 → $75,729 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $123,900 (+19.7%)	$180,000 → $226,200 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $779 (+6.7%)	$748 → $804 (+7.5%)

Turtle Lake

Population

562502

Median household income

$44,375$57,250

Median home value

$103,500$123,900

Median gross rent

$730$779

Washburn

Population

1,3911,434

Median household income

$82,554$75,729

Median home value

$180,000$226,200

Median gross rent

$748$804

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
Under 5	5.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.1%
25 to 34	15.1%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.2%
75 and over	14.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
No high school diploma	6.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	31.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
Drove alone	68.5%	79.4%
Carpooled	2.1%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
1-unit, detached	80.6%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	12.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Turtle Lake	Washburn
Poverty rate	14.2%	9.4%
Average household size	1.92	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1970	1974