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Colfax, LA

1,442 Population
1.5 square miles 967 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 37.9 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$16,107 ±$2,556 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $30,898 ±$998
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$28,510 ±$12,747 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $56,492 ±$1,784
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

35% ±13.4% (442  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 18.6% 26,782 (±1.5% / ±2,093)
  • nearly double the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

23 minutes ±2.1 (8,615  ±3,161) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 24.4 1,433,305 (±1.1 / ±75,310)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

557 ±109 Number of households
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 55,855 ±657
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0.3 (1,264  ±286) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.6 143,445 (±0 / ±150)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

4.4% ±7.5% (12  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 2,063 (±1.1% / ±374)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

738 ±135 Number of housing units
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 67,375 ±105
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$82,400 ±$23,898 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $173,600 ±$4,855
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

18% ±9.5% (259  ±146) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 12.3% 18,274 (±1.1% / ±1,595.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

76.2% ±6.8% (664  ±141.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 86.5% 87,729 (±2.1% / ±2,141.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
13% ±7.3% (113  ±67.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 20.9% 21,221 (±1.1% / ±1,085.2)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

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

0.5% ±0.7% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 3.3% 4,891
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

9.7% ±4.6% (99  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 8% 9,029 (±0.6% / ±697)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
99 Total veterans ±51 85 Male ±47 14 Female ±19

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