Colfax vs Meadow Vista

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

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

Meadow Vista has the higher population (3,343 vs 2,095 in Colfax). Meadow Vista has the higher median household income ($95,998 vs $74,583 in Colfax). Meadow Vista has the higher median home value ($609,700 vs $397,100 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
Population	2,095	3,343
Median age	36.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$95,998
Median home value	$397,100	$609,700
Median gross rent	$1,633	$1,496
Housing units	936	1,416
Homeownership rate	44.4%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
Population	2,057 → 2,095 (+1.8%)	3,679 → 3,343 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $74,583 (+29.2%)	$92,411 → $95,998 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $397,100 (+45.2%)	$503,400 → $609,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,633 (+40.5%)	$1,750 → $1,496 (-14.5%)

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

Meadow Vista

Population

3,6793,343

Median household income

$92,411$95,998

Median home value

$503,400$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
Under 5	2.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	23.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	5.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	20.4%
75 and over	6.6%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
No high school diploma	5.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	36.9%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
Drove alone	73.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	18.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
1-unit, detached	52.5%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Meadow Vista
Poverty rate	12.5%	3.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1983	1978