What is the population of Colfax city?

Colfax city has 2,095 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #890 of 1,618 in California.

What is the median household income in Colfax city?

Median household income in Colfax city is $74,583 a year, 5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Colfax city?

Median gross rent is $1,633 a month and the median home value is $397,100, so rent absorbs about 26.3% of median household income.

Is Colfax city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Colfax city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Colfax, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Colfax, California (Colfax, CA — Census place “Colfax city”) is 2,095 residents, ranking #890 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $74,583, the median home is worth $397,100 and median gross rent runs $1,633 a month. Looking for the Colfax California ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Colfax, CA: 95713.

Population: 2,095Colfax city residents
Median household income: $74,583Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $397,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,633Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 44.4%Owner-occupied households

Colfax ZIP codes (California)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Colfax.

The Colfax CA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

95713

What the numbers mean in Colfax city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Colfax city median would spend about 26.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.5% of residents and 44.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Colfax city, CA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Colfax city is a small town in California, with 2,095 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #890 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 45% of them. The median age here is 36.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Colfax city earn a median of $74,583 a year, 5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 12.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Colfax city is valued at $397,100, 30.9% above the national figure and 33% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,633 a month, 16.1% above the national figure, or roughly $19,596 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 26.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 44.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Colfax city?: Colfax city has 2,095 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #890 of 1,618 in California.
What is the median household income in Colfax city?: Median household income in Colfax city is $74,583 a year, 5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Colfax city?: Median gross rent is $1,633 a month and the median home value is $397,100, so rent absorbs about 26.3% of median household income.
Is Colfax city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Colfax city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 26.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Colfax city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.