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Colfax, IL

955 Population
0.6 square miles 1,725.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 34.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Illinois: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,770 ±$12,020 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $42,362 ±$1,361
  • a little less than the amount in Illinois: $45,104 ±$196
$71,528 ±$15,757 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $78,329 ±$2,870
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $81,702 ±$363

8.7% ±3% (81  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 13% 21,011 (±1.1% / ±1,723)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.7% 1,454,217 (±0.2% / ±18,530)

33.2 minutes ±1.5 (12,120  ±3,123) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 18.5 1,312,560 (±0.5 / ±47,957)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 28.1 148,440,910 (±0.1 / ±701,124)

Families

365 ±49 Number of households
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 69,072 ±571
  • Illinois: 5,001,904 ±7,673
2.6 ±0.3 (932  ±156) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 2.4 162,134 (±0 / ±83)
  • a little higher than the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,414,044

13.3% ±10.2% (31  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 4.8% † 2,185 (±0.7% / ±295)
  • more than double the rate in Illinois: 5% 150,099 (±0.1% / ±3,035)

Housing

387 ±53 Number of housing units
  • the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 75,120 ±114
  • Illinois: 5,443,501 ±767

$123,000 ±$10,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: $198,300 ±$3,556
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $250,500 ±$863

8.9% ±5.1% (84  ±50.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 15.2% 25,748 (±1% / ±1,704.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Illinois: 11.5% 1,442,284 (±0.1% / ±14,975.1)

Social

97.4% ±19.5% (608  ±84.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 95.8% 101,256 (±2.1% / ±2,175.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.3% 7,887,284 (±0.3% / ±22,684.6)
24.7% ±7.1% (154  ±49.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 46.9% 49,542 (±1.4% / ±1,499.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Illinois: 37.2% 3,249,494 (±0.2% / ±13,788.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.2% ±0.9% (11  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 7.1% 12,168
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Illinois: 14.5% 1,833,810

8.3% ±3.9% (59  ±29) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bloomington, IL Metro Area: 5.8% 7,756 (±0.4% / ±528)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 5% 493,667 (±0.1% / ±4,919)
59 Total veterans ±29 54 Male ±26 5 Female ±7

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