Turtle Lake vs Wilton

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

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

Wilton has the higher population (582 vs 502 in Turtle Lake). Wilton has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $57,250 in Turtle Lake). Wilton has the higher median home value ($206,100 vs $123,900 in Turtle Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
Population	502	582
Median age	43.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$83,750
Median home value	$123,900	$206,100
Median gross rent	$779	$838
Housing units	361	297
Homeownership rate	75.9%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
Population	562 → 502 (-10.7%)	808 → 582 (-28.0%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $57,250 (+29.0%)	$66,458 → $83,750 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $123,900 (+19.7%)	$173,100 → $206,100 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $779 (+6.7%)	$458 → $838 (+83.0%)

Turtle Lake

Population

562502

Median household income

$44,375$57,250

Median home value

$103,500$123,900

Median gross rent

$730$779

Wilton

Population

808582

Median household income

$66,458$83,750

Median home value

$173,100$206,100

Median gross rent

$458$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
Under 5	5.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.3%
75 and over	14.9%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.4%
Asian	1.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
Drove alone	68.5%	86.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
1-unit, detached	80.6%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Turtle Lake	Wilton
Poverty rate	14.2%	9.3%
Average household size	1.92	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1970	1971