Colfax vs Rossville

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

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,601 vs 926 in Colfax). Rossville has the higher median household income ($68,657 vs $61,964 in Colfax). Rossville has the higher median home value ($177,200 vs $114,300 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Rossville
Population	926	1,601
Median age	31.7 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,964	$68,657
Median home value	$114,300	$177,200
Median gross rent	$908	$1,017
Housing units	352	599
Homeownership rate	74.1%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Rossville
Population	787 → 926 (+17.7%)	1,544 → 1,601 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$47,679 → $61,964 (+30.0%)	$51,935 → $68,657 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$76,600 → $114,300 (+49.2%)	$120,900 → $177,200 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$816 → $908 (+11.3%)	$885 → $1,017 (+14.9%)

Colfax

Population

787926

Median household income

$47,679$61,964

Median home value

$76,600$114,300

Median gross rent

$816$908

Rossville

Population

1,5441,601

Median household income

$51,935$68,657

Median home value

$120,900$177,200

Median gross rent

$885$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Rossville
Under 5	7.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	22.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	12.4%	10.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	5.9%
75 and over	7.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Rossville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Rossville
No high school diploma	6.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	53.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Rossville
Drove alone	76.6%	82.9%
Carpooled	9.4%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Rossville
1-unit, detached	81.3%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Rossville
Poverty rate	5.9%	9.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1951	1981