Clinton County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level greater than 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Highest Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 27.5. This is about average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 32.4. This is about average. There were 21 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM10) [µ/m3] level in 2007 was 15.4. This is significantly better than average. There were 2 monitors within city limits.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µ/m3] level in 2001 was 6.91. This is significantly better than average. There were 2 monitors within city limits.
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
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 11.1%
(11.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 0.0% for other race residents, 0.0% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This town: | 2.6 people | | Indiana: | 2.6 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This town: | 72.4% | | Whole state: | 71.0% |
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
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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Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Clinton County Indiana:
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Religion statistics for Colfax (based on Clinton County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 39.01%
| Here |  | 39.0% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| 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% |
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| Name | American Baptist Churches in the USA | Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) | The Wesleyan Church | Church of the Nazarene | Other |
| Adherents | 6.9% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 3.6% | 18.0% |
| Congregations | 6.8% | 1.7% | 8.5% | 1.7% | 32.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center. Tables represent county-level data.
Food Environment Statistics:Number of grocery stores: 11 | Clinton County: | 3.26 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 1.73 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | This county: | 0.30 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 0.21 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | Clinton County: | 0.59 / 10,000 pop. | | Indiana: | 0.50 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 12 | Clinton County: | 3.55 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 3.57 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 17 | Here: | 5.04 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 6.78 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | This county: | 9.9% | | Indiana: | 9.2% |
Adult obesity rate: | Clinton County: | 28.0% | | Indiana: | 29.0% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate: | This county: | 19.4% | | State: | 14.3% |
| 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 ($0.00)
- Charges - Sewerage: $110,000 ($158.96)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $22,000 ($31.79)
Sewerage: $13,000 ($18.79)
- Current Operations - General - Other: $103,000 ($148.84)
Regular Highways: $54,000 ($78.03)
Water Utilities: $46,000 ($66.47)
Fire Protection: $46,000 ($66.47)
Sewerage: $26,000 ($37.57)
Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000 ($7.23)
Police Protection: $5,000 ($7.23)
Central Staff Services: $4,000 ($5.78)
- General - Interest on Debt: $39,000 ($56.36)
- Local Intergovernmental - General Support: $25,000 ($36.13)
Highways: $11,000 ($15.90)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $771,000 ($1114.16)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $747,000 ($1079.48)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $24,000 ($34.68)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $7,000 ($10.12)
General Revenue, NEC: $7,000 ($10.12)
- Other Capital Outlay - Fire Protection: $37,000 ($53.47)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $242,000 ($349.71)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $53,000 ($76.59)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $79,000 ($114.16)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $20,000 ($28.90)
- Tax - Property: $48,000 ($69.36)
Individual Income: $8,000 ($11.56)
Public Utilities: $6,000 ($8.67)
NEC: $1,000 ($1.45)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $123,000 ($177.75)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $0 ($0.00)
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:
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:
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 03:15 AM, Us- 52, Cr-880, Lat: 40.226161, Lon: -86.670772, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 11 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Colfax)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1 - 3 Mi W On Rd 1000 (Lat: 40.192806 Lon: -86.733333), Call Sign: KNAU774
Assigned Frequencies: 152.420 MHz Grant Date: 01/24/1996, Expiration Date: 02/11/2001, Cancellation 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 (Lat: 40.195028 Lon: -86.667778), Call Sign: KWT873
Assigned Frequencies: 152.840 MHz Grant Date: 03/30/1999, Expiration Date: 04/01/2009, Cancellation 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: 5 - Call Sign: KF9SY, Licensee ID: L00747033
Grant Date: 09/25/2003, Expiration Date: 12/21/2013, Certifier: Mark A Flood
Registrant: Mark A Flood, 404 W Franklin St, Colfax, IN 46035 - Call Sign: N9NPI, 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
Grant Date: 08/23/1988, Expiration Date: 08/23/1998, Cancellation Date: 03/11/1998
Registrant: Richard O Davis, Rr 1 Box 12, Colfax, IN 46035 - Call Sign: WA9HCU, 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, Licensee ID: L00252436
Grant Date: 06/06/2000, Expiration Date: 06/06/2010, Cancellation Date: 07/04/2000, Certifier: Linda L Norton
Registrant: Linda L Norton, Rr 1 Box 130, Colfax, IN 46035
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2003 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| 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 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2002 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $66,770 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Aggregated Statistics For Year 2001 (Based on 1 partial tract)
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| C) Refinancings
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| Number | Average Value |
| LOANS ORIGINATED | 1 | $49,990 |
| APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS DENIED | 0 | $0 |
| APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN | 0 | $0 |
| FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS | 0 | $0 |
Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts:
9504.00
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for Colfax, IN
| Most common first names in Colfax, IN among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| William | 10 | 74.0 years |
| Mary | 8 | 76.7 years |
| Harold | 5 | 81.0 years |
| Charles | 5 | 73.0 years |
| James | 5 | 75.4 years |
| John | 5 | 80.6 years |
| Joseph | 5 | 73.0 years |
| Lawrence | 5 | 73.6 years |
| Margaret | 5 | 80.4 years |
| Alice | 4 | 77.5 years |
| Most common last names in Colfax, IN among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Davis | 11 | 79.3 years |
| Mckinsey | 7 | 78.3 years |
| White | 7 | 78.8 years |
| Smith | 6 | 46.7 years |
| Bowen | 5 | 86.8 years |
| Strain | 5 | 73.6 years |
| Clouser | 4 | 67.8 years |
| Jones | 4 | 82.5 years |
| Hill | 4 | 83.0 years |
| Miller | 4 | 82.5 years |
- #50 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Book stores and news dealers"
- #52 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males working in industry: Metal and mineral, except petroleum, merchant wholesalers"
- #55 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Book stores and news dealers"
- #58 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Supervisors, construction and extraction workers"
- #73 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Electrical equipment, appliances, and components"
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