Colfax, Indiana

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Population (year 2000): 768. Estimated population in July 2006: 781 (+1.7% change)

Males: 375	(48.8%)
Females: 393	(51.2%)

Clinton County

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

Zip codes: 46035.

Estimated median household income in 2005: $43,200 (it was $42,687 in 2000)

Colfax	$43,200
Indiana:	$43,993

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $81,900 (it was $72,500 in 2000)

Colfax	$81,900
Indiana:	$114,400

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Races in Colfax:

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

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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: 2152 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 156 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 (20.6 miles , pop. 56,397).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Indianapolis, IN (45.3 miles , pop. 781,870).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (133.4 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Clarks Hill, IN (5.3 miles ), Thorntown, IN (6.1 miles ), Darlington, IN (9.5 miles ), Mulberry, IN (10.4 miles ), Frankfort, IN (12.4 miles ), Advance, IN (14.0 miles ), Dayton, IN (14.3 miles ), Linden, IN (16.2 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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Average climate in Colfax, Indiana

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Colfax-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Indiana state average. It is 137% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 14.6 miles away from the Colfax town center injured 44 people.

On 4/11/1965, a category 4 tornado 18.4 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.

Hospitals/medical centers near Colfax:

ST VINCENT FRANKFORT HOSPITAL INC (about 14 miles; FRANKFORT, IN)
WITHAM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; LEBANON, IN)
ST CLARE MEDICAL CENTER (about 19 miles; CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Colfax:

PURDUE UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; LAFAYETTE, IN; ID: LAF)
INDIANAPOLIS INTL (about 43 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; ID: IND)
GRISSOM ARB (about 47 miles; PERU, IN; ID: GUS)

Other public-use airports nearest to Colfax:

FRANKFORT MUNI (about 10 miles; FRANKFORT, IN; ID: FKR)
BOONE COUNTY (about 21 miles; LEBANON, IN; ID: 6I4)
CRAWFORDSVILLE MUNI (about 24 miles; CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN; ID: CFJ)

Amtrak station near Colfax:

20 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.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Colfax:

PURDUE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 24 miles; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Full-time enrollment: 36,407)
DEPAUW UNIVERSITY (about 40 miles; GREENCASTLE, IN; FT enrollment: 2,197)
BUTLER UNIVERSITY (about 42 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 3,721)
INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY-INDIANAPOLIS (about 46 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 19,818)
IVY TECH STATE COLLEGE-CENTRAL INDIANA (about 46 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 3,397)
UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS (about 52 miles; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; FT enrollment: 2,784)
ANDERSON UNIVERSITY (about 71 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 1999:

This town:	7.8%
Whole state:	9.5%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This town:	3.1%
Whole state:	4.2%

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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School Enrollment by Level of School

Colfax mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Clinton County Indiana:

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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration	1	$1,711	$20,532	0	$0
Other Government Administration	0	$0		5	$511
Police Protection - Officers	0	$0		1	$272
Streets and Highways	0	$0		2	$217
Water Supply	2	$4,893	$29,358	1	$35
Totals for Government	3	$6,604	$26,416	9	$1,036

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.)
WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
WYLL (1160 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: SCA LICENSE CORPORATION)
WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
WHAS (840 AM; 50 kW; LOUISVILLE, KY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WIOU (1350 AM; 5 kW; KOKOMO, IN; Owner: MID-AMERICA RADIO GROUP, 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.)
WASK-FM (98.7 FM; BATTLE GROUND, IN; Owner: WASK, INC.)
WEDJ (107.1 FM; DANVILLE, IN; Owner: CONTINENTAL BROADCAST GROUP, LLC)
WHPL (89.9 FM; WEST LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
WFBQ (94.7 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WSHW (99.7 FM; FRANKFORT, IN; Owner: KASPAR BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WRZX (103.3 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLFF (95.3 FM; BROOKSTON, IN; Owner: ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS, INC)
WKOA (105.3 FM; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: WASK, INC.)
WTPI (107.9 FM; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: MYSTAR COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WYJZ (100.9 FM; LEBANON, IN; Owner: RADIO ONE OF INDIANA, LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Colfax:

WLFI-TV (Channel 18; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: PRIMELAND TELEVISION, 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.)
WTHR (Channel 13; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: VIDEOINDIANA, INC.)
W57DC (Channel 57; LAFAYETTE, IN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
WBXI-CA (Channel 47; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
WFYI (Channel 20; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: METROPOLITAN INDIANAPOLIS PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
WALV-CA (Channel 50; INDIANAPOLIS, IN; Owner: VIDEOHIO, INC..)

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