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Colfax township, Oceana County, MI

564 Population
35.3 square miles 16 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±17.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Oceana County: 44.2 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,472 ±$7,110 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Oceana County: $33,025 ±$1,303
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,500 ±$28,725 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Oceana County: $62,417 ±$3,332
  • a little higher than the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.2% ±9.7% (71  ±56) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Oceana County: 13.6% † 3,617 (±1.5% / ±400)
  • about the same as the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.3 minutes ±2.7 (4,400  ±2,185) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Oceana County: 23.7 246,920 (±0.8 / ±11,712)
  • a little less than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

170 ±37 Number of households
  • Oceana County: 10,419 ±202
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.6 (512  ±148) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Oceana County: 2.5 26,289 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.5% ±15% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Oceana County: 6% † 304 (±1.6% / ±79)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

442 ±78 Number of housing units
  • Oceana County: 15,723 ±49
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$156,500 ±$65,592 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Oceana County: $190,100 ±$13,158
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.6% ±9.1% (113  ±60.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Oceana County: 8.2% † 2,175 (±1.1% / ±300.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±33.2% (341  ±76.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Oceana County: 90.3% 17,342 (±2.6% / ±501.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.7% ±9.7% (71  ±39.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Oceana County: 21.5% 4,131 (±1.4% / ±262.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3% ±4.3% (17  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Oceana County: 4.2% 1,116
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

15.8% ±8.3% (68  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Oceana County: 7.3% † 1,554 (±0.8% / ±159)
  • more than double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
68 Total veterans ±40 63 Male ±39 5 Female ±6

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