Turtle Lake vs White Shield

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

Turtle Lake and White Shield 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 277 in White Shield). White Shield has the higher median household income ($65,750 vs $57,250 in Turtle Lake). White Shield has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $123,900 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
Population	502	277
Median age	43.5 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$65,750
Median home value	$123,900	$200,000
Median gross rent	$779	$533
Housing units	361	125
Homeownership rate	75.9%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
Population	562 → 502 (-10.7%)	212 → 277 (+30.7%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $57,250 (+29.0%)	$45,000 → $65,750 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $123,900 (+19.7%)	$140,000 → $200,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $779 (+6.7%)	$475 → $533 (+12.2%)

Turtle Lake

Population

562502

Median household income

$44,375$57,250

Median home value

$103,500$123,900

Median gross rent

$730$779

White Shield

Population

212277

Median household income

$45,000$65,750

Median home value

$140,000$200,000

Median gross rent

$475$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	13.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.5%
75 and over	14.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	0.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	92.1%
Asian	1.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.0%
High school graduate	31.7%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
Drove alone	68.5%	69.2%
Carpooled	2.1%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
1-unit, detached	80.6%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Turtle Lake	White Shield
Poverty rate	14.2%	19.1%
Average household size	1.92	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1970	1988