Goldendale vs Trout Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Goldendale and Trout Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Goldendale and Trout Lake are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Goldendale has the higher population (3,458 vs 888 in Trout Lake). Trout Lake has the higher median household income ($85,341 vs $41,621 in Goldendale). Trout Lake has the higher median home value ($683,300 vs $194,100 in Goldendale).

Population, income & housing

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
Population	3,458	888
Median age	42.1 yrs	43.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,621	$85,341
Median home value	$194,100	$683,300
Median gross rent	$892	$1,275
Housing units	1,797	376
Homeownership rate	54.8%	79.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	14.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
Population	3,459 → 3,458 (-0.0%)	624 → 888 (+42.3%)
Median household income	$47,000 → $41,621 (-11.4%)	$64,671 → $85,341 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$156,900 → $194,100 (+23.7%)	$377,800 → $683,300 (+80.9%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $892 (+19.4%)	$1,080 → $1,275 (+18.1%)

Goldendale

Population

3,4593,458

Median household income

$47,000$41,621

Median home value

$156,900$194,100

Median gross rent

$747$892

Trout Lake

Population

624888

Median household income

$64,671$85,341

Median home value

$377,800$683,300

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,275

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	3.5%	20.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.9%
75 and over	14.8%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
No high school diploma	8.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	48.1%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
Drove alone	87.7%	62.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	13.9%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	12.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
1-unit, detached	67.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.9%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Goldendale	Trout Lake
Poverty rate	28.0%	22.7%
Average household size	2.05	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1968	1994