Colfax vs Prospect

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

Colfax and Prospect 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 488 in Prospect). Prospect has the higher median home value ($167,900 vs $82,400 in Colfax). Since 2019, Prospect's population has grown faster (+17.0% vs -42.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Prospect
Population	1,442	488
Median age	35.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,510	—
Median home value	$82,400	$167,900
Median gross rent	$582	—
Housing units	738	254
Homeownership rate	59.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Prospect
Population	2,492 → 1,442 (-42.1%)	417 → 488 (+17.0%)
Median household income	$22,051 → $28,510 (+29.3%)	$54,821 → $46,313 (-15.5%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $82,400 (+14.0%)	$185,800 → $167,900 (-9.6%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $582 (-6.4%)	—

Colfax

Population

2,4921,442

Median household income

$22,051$28,510

Median home value

$72,300$82,400

Median gross rent

$622$582

Prospect

Population

417488

Median household income

$54,821$46,313

Median home value

$185,800$167,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Prospect
Under 5	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	31.4%
18 to 24	10.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	5.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	31.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	6.4%
65 to 74	8.9%	18.0%
75 and over	11.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Prospect
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	95.5%
Black or African American	59.6%	0.0%
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%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Prospect
No high school diploma	23.8%	20.7%
High school graduate	41.1%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Prospect
Drove alone	73.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Prospect
1-unit, detached	70.3%	82.3%
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%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Prospect
Poverty rate	35.0%	4.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1974	2000