Colfax vs Kings Beach

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

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

Kings Beach has the higher population (2,493 vs 2,095 in Colfax). Colfax has the higher median household income ($74,583 vs $53,964 in Kings Beach). Kings Beach has the higher median home value ($680,200 vs $397,100 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Kings Beach
Population	2,095	2,493
Median age	36.3 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$53,964
Median home value	$397,100	$680,200
Median gross rent	$1,633	$1,245
Housing units	936	2,236
Homeownership rate	44.4%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Kings Beach
Population	2,057 → 2,095 (+1.8%)	3,044 → 2,493 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $74,583 (+29.2%)	$49,485 → $53,964 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $397,100 (+45.2%)	$471,000 → $680,200 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,633 (+40.5%)	$1,183 → $1,245 (+5.2%)

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

Kings Beach

Population

3,0442,493

Median household income

$49,485$53,964

Median home value

$471,000$680,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Kings Beach
Under 5	2.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.3%	9.0%
35 to 44	23.4%	18.8%
45 to 54	5.4%	21.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.3%	11.4%
75 and over	6.6%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Kings Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	49.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Kings Beach
No high school diploma	5.8%	25.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Kings Beach
Drove alone	73.9%	71.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Kings Beach
1-unit, detached	52.5%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	15.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Kings Beach
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1983	1974