Colfax, CA

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ColfaxCA averageUS Census ACS

Population

2,095

Per-capita income

$38,853

Median home value

$397,100

Bachelor's or higher

20%

Typical home value $507,572 +2.3% yr/yr · -2.1% 5-yr

Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)

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Development activity

Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey

20251 housing units ($300K)

🗳️ Election results (2 races)

Local election returns — winner marked ✓.

City Council 2022-11-08

Trinity Burruss ✓ 368 · Sean Lomen ✓ 331 · Kim A. Douglass ✓ 219 · Rosendo "Rocky" Orozco 208 · Joseph John Fatula, Jr. 183 · Larry Hillberg 139

City Council 2020-11-03

Marnie Mendoza ✓ 451 · David Ackerman ✓ 408 · Kim A. Douglass 391

🗳️ Ballot measures (1)

Propositions decided directly by voters.

Measure B

2022-11-08 · Passed — 473 yes / 204 no

Colfax City Hall, Colfax

💰 Federal awards (top 10 by amount)

Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.

$78,900	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CABDF012520 E35030
$69,420	GREEN CONSTRUCTORS CALIFORNIA Department of Agriculture · 127EAW23C0018 - MOUNTAIN CHIEF METAL BARRIERS
$64,624	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CASHF000560 E55
$64,260	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · CLAIM RESOLUTION FOR E35030 CA-BDF-012520
$60,500	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CASNF001684 O856
$43,038	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CASHF001039 E37
$27,195	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CASTF002313 O2
$25,634	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CASTF001921 O81
$15,556	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CASTF001921 O36
$11,000	ROBERT MADDEN Department of Agriculture · ROBERT MADDEN CAPNF001305 O23

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Placer County)

County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.

Traffic fatalities1 (2024)

Business establishments12,180 (167,628 employees · 2023)

Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,206/mo (73 assisted households · 2025)

Adults with low literacy12.0% (low numeracy 17% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

$6.5M

Annual budget

Employees on payroll

Permitted housing units

The money — in

source: Census gov-finance & state comptroller

Budget

Revenue$6.5M

Spending$6.4M

Revenue ran ahead of operating spending this year.

The money — out

source: city procurement & payroll

Who the city actually cuts checks to.

23 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids

0.482

All kids

0.461

Black kids

0.431

Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.

Where it’s happening

geocoded land-use decisions

🗺 Interactive map

Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.

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