Baxter vs Colfax

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

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

Colfax has the higher population (2,089 vs 1,251 in Baxter). Colfax has the higher median household income ($82,878 vs $60,625 in Baxter). Baxter has the higher median home value ($162,300 vs $160,500 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Baxter	Colfax
Population	1,251	2,089
Median age	33.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$82,878
Median home value	$162,300	$160,500
Median gross rent	$693	$830
Housing units	480	851
Homeownership rate	75.2%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baxter	Colfax
Population	1,004 → 1,251 (+24.6%)	1,839 → 2,089 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $60,625 (+2.3%)	$57,039 → $82,878 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $162,300 (+27.0%)	$102,600 → $160,500 (+56.4%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $693 (+0.0%)	$714 → $830 (+16.2%)

Baxter

Population

1,0041,251

Median household income

$59,276$60,625

Median home value

$127,800$162,300

Median gross rent

$693$693

Colfax

Population

1,8392,089

Median household income

$57,039$82,878

Median home value

$102,600$160,500

Median gross rent

$714$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baxter	Colfax
Under 5	10.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	23.3%	22.8%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	7.8%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baxter	Colfax
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baxter	Colfax
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baxter	Colfax
Drove alone	83.9%	84.7%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	6.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baxter	Colfax
1-unit, detached	80.0%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	12.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Baxter	Colfax
Poverty rate	15.3%	10.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1969	1957