Colfax vs Sunnyside-Tahoe City

A side-by-side comparison of Colfax and Sunnyside-Tahoe City: population, income, housing, and more.

Colfax and Sunnyside-Tahoe City 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 1,658 in Sunnyside-Tahoe City). Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher median household income ($121,154 vs $74,583 in Colfax). Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher median home value ($1,032,700 vs $397,100 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	2,095	1,658
Median age	36.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,583	$121,154
Median home value	$397,100	$1,032,700
Median gross rent	$1,633	$1,625
Housing units	936	2,300
Homeownership rate	44.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	2,057 → 2,095 (+1.8%)	1,164 → 1,658 (+42.4%)
Median household income	$57,734 → $74,583 (+29.2%)	$79,145 → $121,154 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$273,400 → $397,100 (+45.2%)	$613,300 → $1,032,700 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,162 → $1,633 (+40.5%)	$1,095 → $1,625 (+48.4%)

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

Sunnyside-Tahoe City

Population

1,1641,658

Median household income

$79,145$121,154

Median home value

$613,300$1,032,700

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Under 5	2.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.3%	0.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	23.4%	21.1%
45 to 54	5.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.3%	16.5%
75 and over	6.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
No high school diploma	5.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.9%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	46.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Drove alone	73.9%	67.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
1-unit, detached	52.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Poverty rate	12.5%	0.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	25	42
Median year structure built	1983	1972