Abercrombie vs Colfax

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

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

Colfax has the higher population (265 vs 231 in Abercrombie). Colfax has the higher median household income ($114,375 vs $69,500 in Abercrombie). Colfax has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $156,300 in Abercrombie).

Population, income & housing

	Abercrombie	Colfax
Population	231	265
Median age	49.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,500	$114,375
Median home value	$156,300	$202,800
Housing units	114	73
Homeownership rate	99.0%	97.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abercrombie	Colfax
Population	266 → 231 (-13.2%)	178 → 265 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$62,222 → $69,500 (+11.7%)	$97,083 → $114,375 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$113,400 → $156,300 (+37.8%)	$166,300 → $202,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $825 (-4.1%)	—

Abercrombie

Population

266231

Median household income

$62,222$69,500

Median home value

$113,400$156,300

Median gross rent

$860$825

Colfax

Population

178265

Median household income

$97,083$114,375

Median home value

$166,300$202,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abercrombie	Colfax
Under 5	14.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	10.8%	35.1%
18 to 24	0.4%	1.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	31.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	1.9%
65 to 74	19.0%	5.7%
75 and over	13.0%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abercrombie	Colfax
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	51.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	40.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abercrombie	Colfax
No high school diploma	5.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	27.3%	11.6%
Some college or associate's	58.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	50.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abercrombie	Colfax
Drove alone	59.5%	79.8%
Carpooled	13.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.4%	14.7%
Other means	4.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abercrombie	Colfax
1-unit, detached	86.8%	98.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Abercrombie	Colfax
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.26	3.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1971	1973