Trout Lake TownshipMN
A town of 1,084.
Is Trout Lake Township a good place to live?
Trout Lake Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for schools and a B for history; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Trout Lake Township’s January low is -2°F, against 6°F in Minnesota’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Only 10 of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare have a higher median age than Trout Lake Township. Only 34 of Minnesota’s 575 towns score lower on the outdoors. Hartley Sugar Camp is on the National Register of Historic Places. Trout Lake Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 80% of U.S. towns. Trout Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,084 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Trout Lake Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Trout Lake Township is from typical.
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Moving to Trout Lake Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Trout Lake Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Trout Lake Township.
Trout Lake Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Trout Lake Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Trout Lake Township for work: only 0% work in town. At 32 minutes, Trout Lake Township’s average trip to work is above both Minnesota’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Trout Lake Township’s median household income is $71,000.
| Trout Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Trout Lake Township
Trout Lake Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Trout Lake Township is 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trout Lake Township ranks healthier than 59% of the country’s towns
Trout Lake Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 28% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Trout Lake Township.
| Trout Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Trout Lake Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 7% | 5.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.5% | 5.9% |
| More adults with diabetes | 12.8% | 10.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1% of Trout Lake Township is conserved land
2.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Trout Lake Eagle Wildlife Management Area, at 56 acres.
| Trout Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Trout Lake Eagle Wildlife Management Area | — | 56 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Trout Lake Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Trout Lake Township; the nearest are
About 9 of every 100 Trout Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
100% of working residents leave Trout Lake Township for work
Where Trout Lake Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Trout Lake Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Trout Lake Township is located in north central Minnesota in Itasca County, United States. It is bordered by the City of Coleraine to the west and north, City of Bovey on the north, an unorganized township on the east, and Blackberry Township to the south. Town government was adopted on March 6, 1894. The population was 1,056 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,289 ft
Questions about Trout Lake Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Trout Lake Township, MN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $260,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.