Colfax vs Hankinson

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

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

Hankinson has the higher population (768 vs 265 in Colfax). Colfax has the higher median household income ($114,375 vs $66,250 in Hankinson). Colfax has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $100,700 in Hankinson).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Hankinson
Population	265	768
Median age	37.5 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$114,375	$66,250
Median home value	$202,800	$100,700
Median gross rent	—	$533
Housing units	73	416
Homeownership rate	97.3%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.7%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Hankinson
Population	178 → 265 (+48.9%)	997 → 768 (-23.0%)
Median household income	$97,083 → $114,375 (+17.8%)	$61,875 → $66,250 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$166,300 → $202,800 (+21.9%)	$72,700 → $100,700 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$438 → $533 (+21.7%)

Colfax

Population

178265

Median household income

$97,083$114,375

Median home value

$166,300$202,800

Hankinson

Population

997768

Median household income

$61,875$66,250

Median home value

$72,700$100,700

Median gross rent

$438$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Hankinson
Under 5	1.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	35.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	1.5%	3.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	31.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	6.5%
55 to 64	1.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	5.7%	17.4%
75 and over	2.3%	15.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Hankinson
White (non-Hispanic)	51.3%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	40.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Hankinson
No high school diploma	0.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	11.6%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	50.6%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Hankinson
Drove alone	79.8%	79.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	14.7%	2.0%
Other means	2.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Hankinson
1-unit, detached	98.6%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Hankinson
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.8%
Average household size	3.63	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1973	1942