Dunn County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential
Air pollution and air quality trends (lower is better)
AQI
Ozone
PM2.5
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2010 was 29.9. This is about average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2010 was 32.4. This is about average. There were 21 monitors within city limits.
Drinking water stations with addresses in Colfax that have no violations reported:
- COLFAX WATERWORKS (Address: P O Box 417 - Vlge Hall, Population served: 1155, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 16.3%
(13.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 68.4% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 84.0% for other race residents, 37.5% for two or more races residents)
Average household size:
| This village: | 2.3 people | | Wisconsin: | 2.4 people |
Percentage of family households:
| This village: | 60.9% | | Whole state: | 66.4% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This village: | 4.7% | | Whole state: | 5.7% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Colfax, WI
58 people in nursing homes
Colfax compared to Wisconsin state average:
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
- Median age above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
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Banks with branches in Colfax (2011 data):
- Bremer Bank, National Association: Colfax Branch at 301 Bremer Avenue, branch established on 1915/01/01. Info updated 2006/11/03: Bank assets: $667.4 mil, Deposits: $488.2 mil, headquarters in Menomonie, WI, positive income, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Otto Bremer Foundation
- Dairy State Bank: Colfax Branch at 101 South Main Street, branch established on 2005/07/07. Info updated 2008/03/11: Bank assets: $453.0 mil, Deposits: $339.2 mil, headquarters in Rice Lake, WI, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 10 total offices, Holding Company: Dairy State Bancorp, Inc.
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (66%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
2004 Presidential Election results in Dunn County Wisconsin:
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Religion statistics for Colfax (based on Dunn County data)
Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 50.50%
| Here |  | 50.5% |
| USA |  | 50.2% |
Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations
| Name | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Lutheran Church |
| Adherents | 44.2% | 22.9% | 9.1% | 7.2% | 3.5% |
| Congregations | 27.9% | 8.2% | 18.0% | 8.2% | 6.6% |
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| Name | Christian and Missionary Alliance | United Church of Christ | Church of the Nazarene | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Other |
| Adherents | 3.4% | 2.8% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Congregations | 3.3% | 1.6% | 4.9% | 3.3% | 18.0% |
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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: 6 | Dunn County: | 1.41 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 1.86 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1 | Here: | 0.24 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 0.11 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 2 | This county: | 0.47 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 0.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 18 | Dunn County: | 4.23 / 10,000 pop. | | Wisconsin: | 4.12 / 10,000 pop. |
Number of full-service restaurants: 32 | This county: | 7.52 / 10,000 pop. | | State: | 8.64 / 10,000 pop. |
Adult diabetes rate: | Dunn County: | 6.2% | | Wisconsin: | 7.6% |
Adult obesity rate: | Dunn County: | 26.8% | | State: | 27.5% |
Low-income preschool obesity rate:
| 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 |
2 | $6,476 | $38,856 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
1 | $2,991 | $35,892 | 0 | $0 |
| Judicial and Legal |
0 | $0 | | 2 | $624 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
1 | $3,210 | $38,520 | 4 | $2,303 |
| Police - Other |
0 | $0 | | 1 | $480 |
| Streets and Highways |
1 | $4,103 | $49,236 | 0 | $0 |
| Health |
2 | $5,123 | $30,738 | 10 | $2,829 |
| Sewerage |
1 | $3,808 | $45,696 | 0 | $0 |
| Local Libraries |
1 | $2,283 | $27,396 | 3 | $1,353 |
| Totals for Government |
9 | $27,994 | $37,325 | 20 | $7,589 |
Colfax government finances in 2002:
- Charges - All Other: $103,000 ($88.72)
Sewerage: $100,000 ($86.13)
Solid Waste Management: $15,000 ($12.92)
Parks & Recreation: $2,000 ($1.72)
- Construction - Regular Highways: $93,000 ($80.10)
Parks & Recreation: $43,000 ($37.04)
Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $14,000 ($12.06)
Libraries: $10,000 ($8.61)
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $150,000 ($129.20)
Police Protection: $128,000 ($110.25)
Fire Protection: $127,000 ($109.39)
Sewerage: $91,000 ($78.38)
Regular Highways: $89,000 ($76.66)
Health Services - Other: $85,000 ($73.21)
Central Staff Services: $62,000 ($53.40)
Libraries: $51,000 ($43.93)
Solid Waste Management: $46,000 ($39.62)
General - Other: $43,000 ($37.04)
Financial Administration: $30,000 ($25.84)
Parks & Recreation: $14,000 ($12.06)
Judicial and Legal Services: $11,000 ($9.47)
General Public Buildings: $9,000 ($7.75)
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000 ($0.86)
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $2,000 ($1.72)
- General - Interest on Debt: $29,000 ($24.98)
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Solid Waste Management: $44,000 ($37.90)
- Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $148,000 ($127.48)
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $509,000 ($438.42)
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $447,000 ($385.01)
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $62,000 ($53.40)
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $41,000 ($35.31)
General Revenue, NEC: $40,000 ($34.45)
Rents: $34,000 ($29.29)
Special Assessments: $1,000 ($0.86)
- Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $20,000 ($17.23)
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,443,000 ($1242.89)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $109,000 ($93.88)
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $30,000 ($25.84)
- State Intergovernmental - General Support: $355,000 ($305.77)
Highways: $49,000 ($42.20)
All Other: $23,000 ($19.81)
- Tax - Property: $341,000 ($293.71)
NEC: $14,000 ($12.06)
- Total Salaries & Wages: $234,000 ($201.55)
8.24% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,518 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.24% | | Wisconsin average: | 6.06% |
0.08% of residents moved from foreign countries ($35 average AGI)| Dunn County: | 0.08% | | Wisconsin average: | 0.08% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
8.34% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,153 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 8.34% | | Wisconsin average: | 6.22% |
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:
- WMEQ (880 AM; 10 kW; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WAYY (790 AM; 5 kW; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
- WEAQ (1150 AM; 5 kW; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WOGO (680 AM; 3 kW; HALLIE, WI; Owner: STEWARDS OF SOUND, INC.)
- WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
- KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
- KTIS (900 AM; 25 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
- WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
- KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
- WDGY (630 AM; 8 kW; HUDSON, WI; Owner: 630 RADIO, INCORPORATED)
- WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
- WAQE (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; RICE LAKE, WI; Owner: TKC, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Colfax:
- WHWC (88.3 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WMEQ-FM (92.1 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WATQ (106.7 FM; CHETEK, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WECL (92.9 FM; ELK MOUND, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WUEC (89.7 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: BOARD OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
- WWIB (103.7 FM; HALLIE, WI; Owner: STEWARDS OF SOUND, INC.)
- WAXX (104.5 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WQRB (95.1 FM; BLOOMER, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WVCF (90.5 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: VCY AMERICA, INC.)
- WVSS (90.7 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM)
- W211AY (90.1 FM; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
- WBIZ-FM (100.7 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WIAL (94.1 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WDRK (99.9 FM; CORNELL, WI; Owner: MAVERICK MEDIA OF EAU CLAIRE LICENSE LLC)
- WISM-FM (98.1 FM; ALTOONA, WI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WHEM (91.3 FM; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: FOURTH DIMENSION, INC.)
- WDMO (95.9 FM; DURAND, WI; Owner: ZOE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCFW (105.7 FM; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: BUSHLAND RADIO SPECIALTIES/WCFW)
TV broadcast stations around Colfax:
- WHWC-TV (Channel 28; MENOMONIE, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)
- WEUX (Channel 48; CHIPPEWA FALLS, WI; Owner: GRANT MEDIA INC.)
- WQOW-TV (Channel 18; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WXOW-WQOW TELEVISION, INC.)
- WEAU-TV (Channel 13; EAU CLAIRE, WI; Owner: WEAU LICENSEE CORP.)
Colfax fatal accident list:
Nov 25, 1982 00:55 AM, 040, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 9 meters (30ft)
Total average daily traffic: 6,360
Total average daily truck traffic: 345
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 7,320
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 15 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers in Colfax)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 4 - 4.5 Mi Se (Lat: 44.960806 Lon: -91.668222), Call Sign: KNFA962, Licensee ID: L00093873
Assigned Frequencies: 461.400 MHz Grant Date: 01/21/1997, Expiration Date: 03/26/2002, Cancellation Date: 05/26/2002
Registrant: Colfax Agrow Service, Colfax, WI 54730, Phone: (715) 962-3120 - WHWC WHEELER, N10127 600th St (Lat: 45.046917 Lon: -91.863222), Type: Tower, Structure height: 347.2 m, Overall height: 365.8 m, Call Sign: WPXQ362
Assigned Frequencies: 158.775 MHz Grant Date: 05/20/2003, Expiration Date: 05/20/2013, Certifier: Brian Hitchcock
Registrant: Geocomm, North 7427 330th Street, Spring Valley, WI 54767, Phone: (715) 778-5029, Fax: (715) 245-6610, Email:
- 6.27 Km Se Of Colfax Wisconsin (Lat: 44.960833 Lon: -91.666944), Type: Tower, Structure height: 137 m, Overall height: 154 m, Call Sign: WPZJ627
Assigned Frequencies: 463.200 MHz Grant Date: 01/22/2004, Expiration Date: 01/22/2014, Certifier: Pat K Lokken
Registrant: Rassbach Communications Svc., 2912 London Road, Eau Claire, WI 54701, Phone: (715) 832-6763, Fax: (715) 832-1698 - Lat: 45.001444 Lon: -91.724000, Call Sign: WQGW675
Assigned Frequencies: 160.192 MHz, 160.132 MHz, 160.072 MHz, 159.967 MHz, 159.802 MHz Grant Date: 05/08/2007, Expiration Date: 05/08/2017, Certifier: William C Yingst Jr
Registrant: Rassbach Communications Service, 2912 London Road, Eau Claire, WI 54701, Phone: (715) 832-6763, Fax: (715) 832-1698, Email:
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 10 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 1 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 23 ( See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Colfax)
FAA Registered Aircraft: 9 ( See the full list of FAA Registered Aircraft in Colfax)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
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