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Colfax, LA

1,240 Population
1.5 square miles 831.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±15.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1

Economics

$15,208 ±$2,639 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $30,953 ±$931
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
$26,250 ±$7,217 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $56,353 ±$2,086
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408

37.3% ±18.7% (402  ±231) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 19.5% 28,004 (±1.3% / ±1,890)
  • about double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)

26.1 minutes ±3.5 (8,025  ±3,521) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 23.2 1,358,935 (±1 / ±65,773)
  • about the same as the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)

Families

517 ±132 Number of households
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 56,394 ±769
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
2.1 ±0.2 (1,077  ±302) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.5 142,678 (±0 / ±179)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126

9.2% ±12.6% (19  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 7.4% † 2,426 (±1.5% / ±478)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)

Housing

718 ±144 Number of housing units
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 67,684 ±105
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333

$73,400 ±$27,733 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $175,200 ±$6,147
  • about one-third of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367

20.2% ±9.9% (250  ±137.1) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 11% 16,270 (±0.9% / ±1,390.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)

Social

78.2% ±5.9% (617  ±140.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 87.2% 87,965 (±2.3% / ±2,336.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
9.5% ±7% (75  ±57.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 21.9% 22,110 (±1.2% / ±1,180.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)

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

0.3% ±0.6% (4  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.9% 4,386
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537

9.8% ±5.8% (89  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 7.3% 8,228 (±0.6% / ±663)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
89 Total veterans ±56 82 Male ±54 7 Female ±11

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