Colfax vs Montgomery

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

Colfax and Montgomery 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 881 in Montgomery). Montgomery has the higher median household income ($57,813 vs $28,510 in Colfax). Colfax has the higher median home value ($82,400 vs $80,200 in Montgomery).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Montgomery
Population	1,442	881
Median age	35.8 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,510	$57,813
Median home value	$82,400	$80,200
Median gross rent	$582	$850
Housing units	738	357
Homeownership rate	59.8%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Montgomery
Population	2,492 → 1,442 (-42.1%)	573 → 881 (+53.8%)
Median household income	$22,051 → $28,510 (+29.3%)	$29,861 → $57,813 (+93.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $82,400 (+14.0%)	$88,800 → $80,200 (-9.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $582 (-6.4%)	$723 → $850 (+17.6%)

Colfax

Population

2,4921,442

Median household income

$22,051$28,510

Median home value

$72,300$82,400

Median gross rent

$622$582

Montgomery

Population

573881

Median household income

$29,861$57,813

Median home value

$88,800$80,200

Median gross rent

$723$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Montgomery
Under 5	12.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	37.7%
35 to 44	5.6%	4.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	5.1%
75 and over	11.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Montgomery
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	82.6%
Black or African American	59.6%	16.5%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Montgomery
No high school diploma	23.8%	24.4%
High school graduate	41.1%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Montgomery
Drove alone	73.5%	89.2%
Carpooled	13.9%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	2.9%
Other means	1.8%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Montgomery
1-unit, detached	70.3%	52.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	41.5%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Montgomery
Poverty rate	35.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.27	3.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1974	1981