Colfax vs Loomis

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

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

Loomis has the higher population (6,809 vs 2,095 in Colfax). Loomis has the higher median household income ($103,435 vs $74,583 in Colfax). Loomis has the higher median home value ($649,800 vs $397,100 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Loomis
Population	2,095	6,809
Median age	36.3 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$103,435
Median home value	$397,100	$649,800
Median gross rent	$1,633	$1,741
Housing units	936	2,891
Homeownership rate	44.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Loomis
Population	2,057 → 2,095 (+1.8%)	6,790 → 6,809 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $74,583 (+29.2%)	$83,162 → $103,435 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $397,100 (+45.2%)	$454,400 → $649,800 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,633 (+40.5%)	$1,563 → $1,741 (+11.4%)

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

Loomis

Population

6,7906,809

Median household income

$83,162$103,435

Median home value

$454,400$649,800

Median gross rent

$1,563$1,741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Loomis
Under 5	2.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	23.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	5.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.3%	13.1%
75 and over	6.6%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Loomis
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Loomis
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	36.9%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Loomis
Drove alone	73.9%	68.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	24.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Loomis
1-unit, detached	52.5%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Loomis
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1983	1981