Colfax vs Frankfort

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

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

Frankfort has the higher population (15,536 vs 926 in Colfax). Colfax has the higher median household income ($61,964 vs $53,522 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $114,300 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Frankfort
Population	926	15,536
Median age	31.7 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,964	$53,522
Median home value	$114,300	$122,800
Median gross rent	$908	$888
Housing units	352	6,519
Homeownership rate	74.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Frankfort
Population	787 → 926 (+17.7%)	15,634 → 15,536 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,964 (+30.0%)	$41,120 → $53,522 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$76,600 → $114,300 (+49.2%)	$83,400 → $122,800 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $908 (+11.3%)	$711 → $888 (+24.9%)

Colfax

Population

787926

Median household income

$47,679$61,964

Median home value

$76,600$114,300

Median gross rent

$816$908

Frankfort

Population

15,63415,536

Median household income

$41,120$53,522

Median home value

$83,400$122,800

Median gross rent

$711$888

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Frankfort
Under 5	7.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	7.9%
75 and over	7.7%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Frankfort
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	64.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Frankfort
No high school diploma	6.5%	21.4%
High school graduate	53.3%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Frankfort
Drove alone	76.6%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	3.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Frankfort
1-unit, detached	81.3%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	2.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Frankfort
Poverty rate	5.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1951	1953