Colfax vs Pollock

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

Colfax and Pollock 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 591 in Pollock). Pollock has the higher median household income ($40,714 vs $28,510 in Colfax). Pollock has the higher median home value ($131,300 vs $82,400 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Pollock
Population	1,442	591
Median age	35.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$28,510	$40,714
Median home value	$82,400	$131,300
Median gross rent	$582	$650
Housing units	738	277
Homeownership rate	59.8%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Pollock
Population	2,492 → 1,442 (-42.1%)	554 → 591 (+6.7%)
Median household income	$22,051 → $28,510 (+29.3%)	$35,556 → $40,714 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $82,400 (+14.0%)	$117,500 → $131,300 (+11.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $582 (-6.4%)	$767 → $650 (-15.3%)

Colfax

Population

2,4921,442

Median household income

$22,051$28,510

Median home value

$72,300$82,400

Median gross rent

$622$582

Pollock

Population

554591

Median household income

$35,556$40,714

Median home value

$117,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$767$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Pollock
Under 5	12.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	12.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	5.6%	19.1%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.5%
75 and over	11.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Pollock
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	59.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Pollock
No high school diploma	23.8%	24.8%
High school graduate	41.1%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Pollock
Drove alone	73.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	13.9%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	1.7%
Other means	1.8%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Pollock
1-unit, detached	70.3%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	11.2%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Pollock
Poverty rate	35.0%	20.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1974	1980