What is the population of Colfax village?

Colfax village has 1,344 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #341 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Colfax village?

Median household income in Colfax village is $59,842 a year, 23.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $699 a month and the median home value is $157,000, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Colfax village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Colfax, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Colfax, Wisconsin (Colfax, WI — Census place “Colfax village”) is 1,344 residents, ranking #341 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $59,842, the median home is worth $157,000 and median gross rent runs $699 a month. Looking for the Colfax Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Colfax, WI: 54730.

Population: 1,344Colfax village residents
Median household income: $59,842Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $157,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $699Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 43.8%Owner-occupied households

Colfax ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Colfax.

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

54730

What the numbers mean in Colfax village

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Colfax village median would spend about 14% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.8% of residents and 43.8% 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 village, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Colfax village is a small town in Wisconsin, with 1,344 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #341 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 40 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 village earn a median of $59,842 a year, 23.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 13.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Colfax village is valued at $157,000, 48.3% below the national figure and 26% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $699 a month, 50.3% below the national figure, or roughly $8,388 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 43.8% 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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What is the population of Colfax village?: Colfax village has 1,344 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #341 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Colfax village?: Median household income in Colfax village is $59,842 a year, 23.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Colfax village?: Median gross rent is $699 a month and the median home value is $157,000, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.
Is Colfax village affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Colfax village is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Colfax village 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.