Trout Lake is an

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and

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(CDP) in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 672 at the 2020 census. The town is notable for its organic dairy and herb farms, and as an access point to Mount Adams and the

Gifford Pinchot National Forest Gifford Pinchot National Forest is a National Forest located in southern Washington, managed by the United States Forest Service. With an area of , it extends along the western slopes of Cascade Range from Mount Rainier National Park to the C ...

Geography

Trout Lake is in the northwest corner of Klickitat County, south of the summit of Mount Adams. State Route 141 passes through the community, traveling south to the town of White Salmon and west to its terminus at

. According to the

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, the Trout Lake CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.61%, are water. The community sits in the Trout Lake Valley, drained to the southeast by Trout Lake Creek which flows to the

White Salmon River The White Salmon River is a tributary of the Columbia River in the U.S. state of Washington. Originating on the slopes of Mount Adams, it flows into the Columbia Gorge near the community of Underwood. Parts of the river have been designated ...

, a south-flowing tributary of the

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Climate

Demographics

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 557 people, 224 households, and 171 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 78.5 people per square mile. There were 290 housing units at an average density of 40.8/sq mi. The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.6% White, 0.2% Black, 0.9% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 2.5% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.2% of the population. There were 224 households, out of which 28.1% included children under the age of 18, 64.7% included a married husband and wife, 4.0% included a male householder with no wife present, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.81. The demographic spread included 130 (23.3%) under the age of 18, 329 (59.1%) aged 20 to 64, and 85 (15.3%) who were 65 years of age or older. By gender, the population was 51.7% (288) male and 48.3% (269) female. The median age was 44.8 years. In 2011, the

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estimated a median income of $31,563 (adjusted for inflation, 2011 dollars) for an individual, and $56,250 for a household.

References

External links

Trout Lake Community Website
{{authority control Census-designated places in Klickitat County, Washington Census-designated places in Washington (state) Mount Adams (Washington) Gifford Pinchot National Forest