Colfax, Indiana

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Population in July 2008: 772. Population change since 2000: +0.5%

Males: 376	(48.8%)
Females: 396	(51.2%)

Median resident age:	34.2 years
Indiana median age:	35.2 years

Zip codes: 46035.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $51,275 (it was $42,688 in 2000)

Colfax:	$51,275
Indiana:	$47,448

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $18,002

Colfax:	$18,002
Indiana:	$23,805

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $97,930 (it was $71,400 in 2000)

Colfax:	$97,930
Indiana:	$122,900

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $95,279; Detached houses: $97,067; Mobile homes: $40,000

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Races in Colfax:

White Non-Hispanic (98.2%)
Hispanic (1.7%)

2008 cost of living index in Colfax: 73.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (22.9%), Irish (11.3%), United States (9.9%), English (8.9%), Polish (3.6%), French (3.1%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 845 feet

Land area: 0.36 square miles.

Population density: 2130 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Colfax

High school or higher: 74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 3.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
Unemployed: 6.5%
Mean travel time to work: 26.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Colfax town

Never married: 22.1%
Now married: 62.7%
Separated: 0.4%
Widowed: 7.4%
Divorced: 7.5%

2 residents are foreign born

This town:	0.3%
Indiana:	3.1%

According to our research there were 5 registered sex offenders living in Colfax, Indiana in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Colfax to the number of sex offenders is 154 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Colfax:	1.0% ($718)
Indiana:	0.9% ($868)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Lafayette, IN (18.5 miles , pop. 56,397).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Indianapolis, IN (39.2 miles , pop. 781,870).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (125.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Clarks Hill, IN (2.2 miles ), Thorntown, IN (2.3 miles ), Darlington, IN (2.9 miles ), Frankfort, IN (3.2 miles ), Mulberry, IN (3.2 miles ), Linden, IN (3.5 miles ), Dayton, IN (3.7 miles ), Advance, IN (3.7 miles ).

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 2 buildings, average cost: $107,300
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings

Latitude: 40.19 N, Longitude: 86.67 W

Area code: 765

Population change in the 1990s: +26 (+3.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Transportation equipment (19%)
Construction (13%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
Food (6%)
Machinery (6%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Truck transportation (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Accommodation and food services (9%)
Food and beverage stores (8%)
Health care (8%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (8%)
Social assistance (7%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
Educational services (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (16%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
Carpenters (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (10%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
Child care workers (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)

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Colfax-area historical tornado activity is above Indiana state average. It is 200% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 12.7 miles away from the Colfax town center injured 44 people.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 16.1 miles away from the town center killed 28 people and injured 123 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

Colfax-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Indiana state average. It is 91% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 9/12/2004 at 13:05:19, a magnitude 3.8 (3.5 MB, 3.8 MW, 3.6 LG, Depth: 3.8 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 62.2 miles away from Colfax center
On 4/14/2000 at 03:54:20, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 30.3 miles away from the city center
On 12/20/1990 at 14:04:17, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 43.1 miles away from the city center
On 12/17/1990 at 05:24:59, a magnitude 3.2 (3.2 MD, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 21.7 miles away from Colfax center
On 12/16/1996 at 01:58:31, a magnitude 3.1 (3.1 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 61.8 miles away from the city center
On 4/24/1990 at 09:41:24, a magnitude 3.0 (3.0 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 93.9 miles away from Colfax center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), moment magnitude (MW)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Colfax:

ST VINCENT FRANKFORT HOSPITAL INC (about 12 miles; FRANKFORT, IN)
WITHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; LEBANON, IN)
ST CLARE MEDICAL CENTER (about 16 miles; CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN)

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Amtrak stations near Colfax:

17 miles: CRAWFORDSVILLE (SPRING & GREEN STS.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service.
20 miles: LAFAYETTE (DEPOT AT 200 NORTH ST.). Services: fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for taxi service, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Colfax:

PURDUE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 21 miles; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 36,407)
BUTLER UNIVERSITY (about 36 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 3,721)
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; GREENCASTLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,197)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-INDIANAPOLIS (about 40 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 19,818)
IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-CENTRAL INDIANA (about 41 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 3,397)
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS (about 46 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 2,784)
ANDERSON UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; ANDERSON, IN; FT enrollment: 2,116)

Library in Colfax:

COLFAX PL (Operating income: $65,699; Location: 207 S CLARK ST; 12,922 books; 163 audio materials; 1,598 video materials; 82 serial subscriptions)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Colfax and their reported violations in the past:

COLFAX WATER COMPANY (Population served: 878, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

OCCT Study Recommendation - Between JUL-01-1994 and JUL-11-1995, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (JUL-11-1995)

Public Education - Between JUL-1994 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule

Past monitoring violations:

CCR INADEQUATE REPORTING - Between OCT-01-2000 and APR-01-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-20-2000), St Compliance achieved (2 times from JAN-16-2001 to APR-01-2004)

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2000 and AUG-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (AUG-15-2000), St Compliance achieved (AUG-30-2000)

3 routine major monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.7 people
Indiana:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	71.7%
Whole state:	68.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	5.6%
Whole state:	5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	7.8%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	3.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Colfax, IN

Colfax compared to Indiana state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%) Electricity (18%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%) Wood (5%) Utility gas (1%)

Religion statistics for Colfax

Adherents

Name	United Methodist Church	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Catholic Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Southern Baptist Convention
Adherents	18.8%	16.7%	10.8%	7.9%	7.7%
Congregations	22.0%	11.9%	1.7%	8.5%	5.1%

Name	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)	The Wesleyan Church	Church of the Nazarene	Other religions
Adherents	6.9%	5.0%	4.6%	3.6%	18.0%
Congregations	6.8%	1.7%	8.5%	1.7%	32.2%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	0	$0		1	$924
Other Government Administration	0	$0		5	$168
Police Protection - Officers	1	$2,520	$30,240	0	$0
Sewerage	1	$3,024	$36,288	0	$0
Water Supply	1	$1,848	$22,176	1	$714
Other and Unallocable	0	$0		1	$630
Totals for Government	3	$7,392	$29,568	8	$2,436

Colfax government finances in 2002:

Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $0
Charges - Sewerage: $110,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $22,000
Sewerage: $13,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $103,000
Regular Highways: $54,000

Water Utilities: $46,000

Fire Protection: $46,000

Sewerage: $26,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000

Police Protection: $5,000

Central Staff Services: $4,000
General - Interest on Debt: $39,000
Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $25,000
Highways: $11,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $771,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $747,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $24,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,000
General Revenue, NEC: $7,000
Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $37,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $242,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $53,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $79,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $20,000
Tax - Property: $48,000
Individual Income: $8,000

Public Utilities: $6,000

NEC: $1,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $123,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0

5.26% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,342 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.26%
Indiana average:	6.54%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Tippecanoe County, IN	1.36% ($29,515 average AGI)
from Boone County, IN	0.46% ($23,193)
from Carroll County, IN	0.28% ($32,824)

6.03% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($31,893 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.03%
Indiana average:	6.56%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Tippecanoe County, IN	1.62% ($27,129 average AGI)
to Boone County, IN	0.56% ($36,449)
to Marion County, IN	0.38% ($27,170)

Strongest AM radio stations in Colfax:

WIBC (1070 AM; 50 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: EMMIS RADIO LICENSE CORPORATION)
WBAA (920 AM; 5 kW; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PURDUE UNIVERSITY)
WOWO (1190 AM; 50 kW; FORT WAYNE, IN; Owner: PATHFINDER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WXLW (950 AM; 5 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN)
WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)
WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WIOU (1350 AM; 5 kW; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, INC.)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WXNT (1430 AM; 5 kW; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: MYSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Colfax:

WIMC (103.9 FM; CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN; Owner: C.V.L. BROADCASTING, INC.)
WBAA-FM (101.3 FM; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PURDUE UNIVERSITY)
WCDQ (106.3 FM; CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN; Owner: C.V.L. BROADCASTING, INC.)
WHPL (89.9 FM; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
WASK-FM (98.7 FM; BATTLE GROUND, IN; Owner: WASK, INC.)
WFBQ (94.7 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WRZX (103.3 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WSHW (99.7 FM; FRANKFORT, IN; Owner: KASPAR BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WTPI (107.9 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: MYSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WEDJ (107.1 FM; DANVILLE, IN; Owner: CONTINENTAL BROADCAST GROUP, LLC)
WKOA (105.3 FM; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: WASK, INC.)
WLFF (95.3 FM; BROOKSTON, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC)
WYJZ (100.9 FM; LEBANON, IN; Owner: RADIO ONE OF INDIANA, LLC)
WAZY-FM (96.5 FM; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS L.P.)
WFYI-FM (90.1 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: METROPOLITAN IN. PUBLIC B/CING, INC.)
WSHP (95.7 FM; ATTICA, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, L.P.)
WNDY (91.3 FM; CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN; Owner: WABASH COLLEGE RADIO, INC.)
WKHY (93.5 FM; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: STAY TUNED BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WIRE (91.1 FM; LEBANON, IN; Owner: HOOSIER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

TV broadcast stations around Colfax:

WLFI-TV (Channel 18; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PRIMELAND TELEVISION, INC.)
WTHR (Channel 13; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: VIDEOINDIANA, INC.)
WISH-TV (Channel 8; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: INDIANA BROADCASTING, LLC)
WXIN (Channel 59; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
WHMB-TV (Channel 40; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: LESEA BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WRTV (Channel 6; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: MCGRAW-HILL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WBXI-CA (Channel 47; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
WALV-CA (Channel 50; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: VIDEOHIO, INC..)
WFYI (Channel 20; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
W57DC (Channel 57; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WNDY-TV (Channel 23; MARION, IN; Owner: UPN STATIONS GROUP INC.)
WTTK (Channel 29; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: TRIBUNE BROADCAST HOLDINGS, INC.)
WIIH-CA (Channel 11; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: INDIANA BROADCASTING, LLC)
WKOG-LP (Channel 31; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: KINGDOM OF GOD MINISTRIES, INC.)
WDNI-LP (Channel 65; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: RADIO ONE OF INDIANA, LLC)

Colfax fatal accident list:
Apr 23, 2006 04:15 AM, Us- 52, Cr-880, Lat: 40.226161, Lon: -86.670772, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2

Dane Ershen, 6551 Hickory Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 76.2 m, Overall height: 77.1 m
Registrant: At&t Mobility LLC, 5601 Legacy Drive, Ms: A-3, Plano, TX 75024, Phone: (469) 229-7422, Email:
Edward G Roach, 350 S 800 W Clinton County, Type: Tower, Structure height: 110 m, Overall height: 110.9 m
Registrant: Sba Towers Ii LLC, 5900 Broken Sound Pkwy Nw, Boca Raton, FL 33487, Phone: (561) 995-7670, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

3 Mi W On Rd 1000, Call Sign: KNAU774
Assigned Frequencies : 152.420 MHz
Grant Date: 01/24/1996, Expiration Date: 02/11/2001, Cancelation Date: 04/15/2001
Registrant: Robert L Blacker, Rr 1, Colfax, IN 46035, Phone: (317) 324-2561

FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1

Railroad Street & Meriden Street, Call Sign: KWT873
Assigned Frequencies : 152.840 MHz
Grant Date: 03/30/1999, Expiration Date: 04/01/2009, Cancelation Date: 01/22/2008
Registrant: Holland & Knight LLP, 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20006-6801, Phone: (202) 955-3000, Fax: (202) 955-5564, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4

Call Sign: N9NPI, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00581044
Grant Date: 04/22/2003, Expiration Date: 04/22/2013
Registrant: Patrick T Head, Rt 1 Box 1, Colfax, IN 46035
Call Sign: W9KK, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 08/23/1988, Expiration Date: 08/23/1998, Cancelation Date: 03/11/1998
Registrant: Richard O Davis, Rr 1 Box 12, Colfax, IN 46035
Call Sign: WA9HCU, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00404927
Grant Date: 12/11/2006, Expiration Date: 02/25/2017, Certifier: Charles F Nydegger
Registrant: Charles F Nydegger, Box 76, Colfax, IN 46035
Call Sign: KB9WKJ, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00252436
Grant Date: 06/06/2000, Expiration Date: 06/06/2010, Cancelation Date: 07/04/2000, Certifier: Linda L Norton
Registrant: Linda L Norton, Rr 1 Box 130, Colfax, IN 46035

	C) Refinancings
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2003 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$65,830
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0

Choose year: 2003 2002 2001

Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 9504.00

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 8
Hazardous Condition: 21
Good Intent Call: 1

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