Colfax vs Kirklin

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

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

Kirklin has the higher population (994 vs 926 in Colfax). Colfax has the higher median household income ($61,964 vs $57,250 in Kirklin). Colfax has the higher median home value ($114,300 vs $92,900 in Kirklin).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Kirklin
Population	926	994
Median age	31.7 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,964	$57,250
Median home value	$114,300	$92,900
Median gross rent	$908	$1,015
Housing units	352	381
Homeownership rate	74.1%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Kirklin
Population	787 → 926 (+17.7%)	924 → 994 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,964 (+30.0%)	$43,661 → $57,250 (+31.1%)
Median home value	$76,600 → $114,300 (+49.2%)	$72,600 → $92,900 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $908 (+11.3%)	$728 → $1,015 (+39.4%)

Colfax

Population

787926

Median household income

$47,679$61,964

Median home value

$76,600$114,300

Median gross rent

$816$908

Kirklin

Population

924994

Median household income

$43,661$57,250

Median home value

$72,600$92,900

Median gross rent

$728$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Kirklin
Under 5	7.8%	10.8%
5 to 17	22.9%	15.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.5%
75 and over	7.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Kirklin
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Kirklin
No high school diploma	6.5%	14.7%
High school graduate	53.3%	56.6%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Kirklin
Drove alone	76.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Kirklin
1-unit, detached	81.3%	90.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Kirklin
Poverty rate	5.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.89	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1951	1938