Colfax vs Mulberry

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

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

Mulberry has the higher population (1,266 vs 926 in Colfax). Colfax has the higher median household income ($61,964 vs $51,719 in Mulberry). Mulberry has the higher median home value ($125,500 vs $114,300 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Mulberry
Population	926	1,266
Median age	31.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,964	$51,719
Median home value	$114,300	$125,500
Median gross rent	$908	$796
Housing units	352	529
Homeownership rate	74.1%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Mulberry
Population	787 → 926 (+17.7%)	1,318 → 1,266 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,964 (+30.0%)	$48,077 → $51,719 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$76,600 → $114,300 (+49.2%)	$97,700 → $125,500 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $908 (+11.3%)	$919 → $796 (-13.4%)

Colfax

Population

787926

Median household income

$47,679$61,964

Median home value

$76,600$114,300

Median gross rent

$816$908

Mulberry

Population

1,3181,266

Median household income

$48,077$51,719

Median home value

$97,700$125,500

Median gross rent

$919$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Mulberry
Under 5	7.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	6.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.6%	13.3%
75 and over	7.7%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Mulberry
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	93.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
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%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Mulberry
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	53.3%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Mulberry
Drove alone	76.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Mulberry
1-unit, detached	81.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Mulberry
Poverty rate	5.9%	17.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1951	1938