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Population (year 2000): 1,496. Estimated
population in July 2005: 1,720 (+15.0% change)
Males: 724 (48.4%), Females: 772 (51.6%)
Placer County
Zip code:
95713
Median resident age: 36.4 years
Median household income: $37,391 (year 2000)
Median house value: $149,400 (year 2000)
Races in Colfax:
- White Non-Hispanic (88.4%)
- Hispanic (8.3%)
- Two or more races (3.1%)
- Other race (2.3%)
- American Indian (2.3%)
- Black (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (20.3%), English (19.7%),
Irish (15.5%), United States (7.8%), Italian (7.4%),
Scotch-Irish (5.0%).
Elevation: 2440 feet
Land area: 1.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Colfax
- High school or higher: 79.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
- Unemployed: 5.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Colfax city
- Never married: 24.5%
- Now married: 47.8%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 9.3%
- Divorced: 15.5%
2.7% Foreign born (1.7% Latin America, 0.5%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +182 (+13.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Colfax:
- SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles;
GRASS VALLEY, CA)
- SUTTER AUBURN FAITH HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
AUBURN, CA)
- MARSHALL HOSPITAL (about 28 miles; PLACERVILLE, CA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Colfax:
- BEALE AFB (about 34 miles; MARYSVILLE, CA; ID: BAB)
- SACRAMENTO INTERNATIONAL (about 52 miles;
SACRAMENTO, CA; ID: SMF)
- LAKE TAHOE (about 69 miles; SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA;
ID: TVL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Colfax:
- NEVADA COUNTY AIR PARK (about 9 miles; GRASS VALLEY,
CA; ID: O17)
- AUBURN MUNI (about 13 miles; AUBURN, CA; ID: AUN)
- GEORGETOWN (about 15 miles; GEORGETOWN, CA; ID: Q61)
Amtrak station:
COLFAX (CHURCH ST. & SP TRACKS). Services: partially
wheelchair accessible, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Colfax:
- SIERRA COLLEGE (about 29 miles; ROCKLIN, CA;
Full-time enrollment: 9,313)
- AMERICAN RIVER COLLEGE (about 41 miles; SACRAMENTO,
CA; FT enrollment: 13,984)
- YUBA COLLEGE (about 41 miles; MARYSVILLE, CA; FT
enrollment: 5,593)
- CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-SACRAMENTO (about 50
miles; SACRAMENTO, CA; FT enrollment: 20,830)
- CHARLES A JONES SKILLS AND BUSINESS ED CENTER (about
53 miles; SACRAMENTO, CA; FT enrollment: 2,704)
- BUTTE COLLEGE (about 55 miles; Oroville, CA; FT
enrollment: 7,061)
- COSUMNES RIVER COLLEGE (about 55 miles; SACRAMENTO,
CA; FT enrollment: 7,980)
Public high school in Colfax:
- COLFAX HIGH (Students: 973; Location: 24995
BEN TAYLOR ROAD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Colfax:
- COLFAX ELEMENTARY (Students: 549; Location:
24851 BEN TAYLOR ROAD; Grades: KG - 08)
- IOWA HILL ELEMENTARY (Students: 5; Location:
24825 BEN TAYLOR ROAD; Grades: KG - 08)
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