Colfax vs Hillisburg

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

Colfax and Hillisburg 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 96 in Hillisburg). Since 2019, Colfax's population has grown faster (+17.7% vs +14.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Hillisburg
Population	926	96
Median age	31.7 yrs	19.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,964	—
Median home value	$114,300	—
Median gross rent	$908	—
Housing units	352	22
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	Hillisburg
Population	787 → 926 (+17.7%)	84 → 96 (+14.3%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,964 (+30.0%)	—
Median home value	$76,600 → $114,300 (+49.2%)	—
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

Hillisburg

Population

8496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Hillisburg
Under 5	7.8%	13.5%
5 to 17	22.9%	24.0%
18 to 24	12.4%	17.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	0.0%
75 and over	7.7%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Hillisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	12.5%
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%	87.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Hillisburg
No high school diploma	6.5%	48.8%
High school graduate	53.3%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	23.3%
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	Hillisburg
Drove alone	76.6%	64.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	35.7%
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	Hillisburg
1-unit, detached	81.3%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Hillisburg
Poverty rate	5.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.89	4.36
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1951	—