Colfax vs Foresthill

A side-by-side comparison of Colfax and Foresthill: population, income, housing, and more.

Colfax and Foresthill are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colfax has the higher population (2,095 vs 1,455 in Foresthill). Foresthill has the higher median household income ($102,632 vs $74,583 in Colfax). Since 2019, Colfax's population has grown faster (+1.8% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Foresthill
Population	2,095	1,455
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$102,632
Median home value	$397,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,633	$2,274
Housing units	936	510
Homeownership rate	44.4%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Foresthill
Population	2,057 → 2,095 (+1.8%)	1,856 → 1,455 (-21.6%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $74,583 (+29.2%)	$53,164 → $102,632 (+93.0%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $397,100 (+45.2%)	$376,100 → $648,300 (+72.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,633 (+40.5%)	$846 → $2,274 (+168.8%)

Colfax

Population

2,0572,095

Median household income

$57,734$74,583

Median home value

$273,400$397,100

Median gross rent

$1,162$1,633

Foresthill

Population

1,8561,455

Median household income

$53,164$102,632

Median home value

$376,100$648,300

Median gross rent

$846$2,274

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Foresthill
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.5%	40.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	23.4%	23.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	19.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	6.5%
75 and over	6.6%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Foresthill
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	5.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	51.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Foresthill
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	36.9%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Foresthill
Drove alone	73.9%	73.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	22.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Foresthill
1-unit, detached	52.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	24.3%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Foresthill
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1983	1977