Colfax vs Forest

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

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

Colfax has the higher population (926 vs 281 in Forest). Colfax has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $68,300 in Forest). Since 2019, Colfax's population has grown faster (+17.7% vs +4.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Forest
Population	926	281
Median age	31.7 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,964	—
Median home value	$114,300	$68,300
Median gross rent	$908	—
Housing units	352	119
Homeownership rate	74.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Forest
Population	787 → 926 (+17.7%)	268 → 281 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,964 (+30.0%)	—
Median home value	$76,600 → $114,300 (+49.2%)	$93,000 → $68,300 (-26.6%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $908 (+11.3%)	—

Colfax

Population

787926

Median household income

$47,679$61,964

Median home value

$76,600$114,300

Median gross rent

$816$908

Forest

Population

268281

Median home value

$93,000$68,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Forest
Under 5	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	39.9%
18 to 24	12.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.3%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	6.8%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.2%
75 and over	7.7%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Forest
No high school diploma	6.5%	14.8%
High school graduate	53.3%	80.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	4.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Forest
Drove alone	76.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	0.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Forest
1-unit, detached	81.3%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Forest
Poverty rate	5.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.89	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1951	1949