Trout Lake is a township in Chippewa County, Michigan, home to about 203 people across 141 square miles. Its ZIP code is 49793, and parts of 49728 and 49780 are in Trout Lake too.
Homes sold for a median of $119 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Trout Lake; also Hendricks
Mostly Kinross; part is in Trout Lake
Mostly Kinross; part is in Trout Lake
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Trout Lake. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR)234 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Chippewa County International Airport (CIU)22 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Milwaukee, WI265 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL333 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Trout Lake; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Trout Lake had 332 residents in the 2020 census, down 29% since 2000.
It’s the 1505th largest of 1,531 towns in Michigan by population.
Chippewa County grew from 21,338 residents in 1900 to 36,785 in 2020.
Chippewa County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 77°F in summer, and winter lows average 9°F. About 33.6 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 99 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Trout Lake 1sw, MI weather station (7 miles away).
8,650 jobs at 778 businesses in Chippewa County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (2 nearby)
Counts are within about 7.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Kinross, Rudyard, Bay Mills, St. Ignace Township, Chippewa Township (Chippewa County), Marquette Township, Brevort, Whitefish, Superior Township and Hendricks.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.