Almena vs Turtle Lake

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

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

Turtle Lake has the higher population (900 vs 749 in Almena). Turtle Lake has the higher median household income ($57,854 vs $49,250 in Almena). Turtle Lake has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $106,100 in Almena).

Population, income & housing

	Almena	Turtle Lake
Population	749	900
Median age	40.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$57,854
Median home value	$106,100	$143,100
Median gross rent	$738	$794
Housing units	345	507
Homeownership rate	67.3%	52.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Almena	Turtle Lake
Population	767 → 749 (-2.3%)	947 → 900 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$40,139 → $49,250 (+22.7%)	$29,833 → $57,854 (+93.9%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $106,100 (+22.4%)	$89,300 → $143,100 (+60.2%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $738 (+7.3%)	$643 → $794 (+23.5%)

Almena

Population

767749

Median household income

$40,139$49,250

Median home value

$86,700$106,100

Median gross rent

$688$738

Turtle Lake

Population

947900

Median household income

$29,833$57,854

Median home value

$89,300$143,100

Median gross rent

$643$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Almena	Turtle Lake
Under 5	3.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.4%
75 and over	4.3%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Almena	Turtle Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	91.3%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Almena	Turtle Lake
No high school diploma	9.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	45.7%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Almena	Turtle Lake
Drove alone	92.0%	69.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	16.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Almena	Turtle Lake
1-unit, detached	67.5%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.8%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Almena	Turtle Lake
Poverty rate	14.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.33	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1976	1974