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Colfax, LA

1,632 Population
1.5 square miles 1,094.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±11.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$14,065 ±$2,763 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $30,142 ±$907
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $32,981 ±$265
$27,847 ±$9,565 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $55,650 ±$1,899
  • about half the amount in Louisiana: $57,852 ±$468

38.5% ±11.3% (553  ±211) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 17.9% 25,957 (±1.5% / ±2,237)
  • more than double the rate in Louisiana: 18.7% 842,038 (±0.3% / ±13,427)

21.9 minutes ±5.1 (9,760  ±4,596) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 24.5 1,472,505 (±1.1 / ±75,343)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 26 48,590,976 (±0.2 / ±384,117)

Families

501 ±137 Number of households
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 55,263 ±769
  • Louisiana: 1,765,264 ±5,601
2.9 ±1.1 (1,435  ±351) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.6 144,707 (±0 / ±192)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 2.6 4,516,413

0.7% ±2% (2  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 6.5% † 2,181 (±1.4% / ±473)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,415 (±0.2% / ±2,599)

Housing

724 ±145 Number of housing units
  • the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 67,099 ±121
  • Louisiana: 2,080,371 ±430

$85,200 ±$21,623 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: $166,300 ±$4,588
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Louisiana: $198,300 ±$1,310

17.9% ±10.5% (291  ±,182.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 13.2% 19,742 (±1.1% / ±1,716)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 12.1% 554,115 (±0.2% / ±11,044.8)

Social

79.8% ±24.9% (731  ±,156.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 86.5% 88,297 (±2.3% / ±2,309.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 86.7% 2,706,792 (±0.5% / ±14,010.4)
13.8% ±6.2% (126  ±63.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 20.7% 21,141 (±1.2% / ±1,223.7)
  • about half the rate in Louisiana: 26.1% 815,569 (±0.3% / ±8,004.1)

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

1.1% ±2% (18  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 2.6% 3,995
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Louisiana: 4.2% 196,671

11.5% ±4.7% (128  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Alexandria, LA Metro Area: 8.6% 9,812 (±0.7% / ±767)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Louisiana: 6.5% 228,359 (±0.1% / ±3,332)
128 Total veterans ±61 115 Male ±57 13 Female ±15

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