Colfax vs Tainter Lake

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

Colfax and Tainter Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tainter Lake has the higher population (2,753 vs 1,344 in Colfax). Tainter Lake has the higher median household income ($96,250 vs $59,842 in Colfax). Tainter Lake has the higher median home value ($275,600 vs $157,000 in Colfax).

Population, income & housing

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
Population	1,344	2,753
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,842	$96,250
Median home value	$157,000	$275,600
Median gross rent	$699	$883
Housing units	656	1,264
Homeownership rate	43.8%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
Population	1,151 → 1,344 (+16.8%)	2,494 → 2,753 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$56,905 → $59,842 (+5.2%)	$82,786 → $96,250 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $157,000 (+35.7%)	$197,800 → $275,600 (+39.3%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $699 (+9.4%)	$957 → $883 (-7.7%)

Colfax

Population

1,1511,344

Median household income

$56,905$59,842

Median home value

$115,700$157,000

Median gross rent

$639$699

Tainter Lake

Population

2,4942,753

Median household income

$82,786$96,250

Median home value

$197,800$275,600

Median gross rent

$957$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
Under 5	5.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.6%
75 and over	10.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	46.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
Drove alone	86.1%	86.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	9.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
1-unit, detached	45.9%	81.1%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	27.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Colfax	Tainter Lake
Poverty rate	13.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1958	1983