Colfax vs Dry Prong

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

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

Colfax has the higher population (1,442 vs 390 in Dry Prong). Dry Prong has the higher median household income ($67,833 vs $28,510 in Colfax). Dry Prong has the higher median home value ($190,400 vs $82,400 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Dry Prong
Population	1,442	390
Median age	35.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$28,510	$67,833
Median home value	$82,400	$190,400
Median gross rent	$582	$883
Housing units	738	174
Homeownership rate	59.8%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Dry Prong
Population	2,492 → 1,442 (-42.1%)	501 → 390 (-22.2%)
Median household income	$22,051 → $28,510 (+29.3%)	$47,083 → $67,833 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $82,400 (+14.0%)	$123,300 → $190,400 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $582 (-6.4%)	$590 → $883 (+49.7%)

Colfax

Population

2,4921,442

Median household income

$22,051$28,510

Median home value

$72,300$82,400

Median gross rent

$622$582

Dry Prong

Population

501390

Median household income

$47,083$67,833

Median home value

$123,300$190,400

Median gross rent

$590$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Dry Prong
Under 5	12.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	17.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	17.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.0%
75 and over	11.4%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Dry Prong
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	89.5%
Black or African American	59.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Dry Prong
No high school diploma	23.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	41.1%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Dry Prong
Drove alone	73.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	13.9%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Dry Prong
1-unit, detached	70.3%	89.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Dry Prong
Poverty rate	35.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1974	1976