Wisconsin · Census place 5516275
Colfax, Wisconsin
Colfax is a village in Dunn County, Wisconsin with an estimated 1,204 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 340th largest of 370 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,204
- #340 of 370 in Wisconsin
- Change since 2020
- +1.9%
- +22 people
- Land area
- 1.4 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 866 / sq mi
- State median 1,583
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Colfax population, 2020 to 2024
Colfax added 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.9%. In the latest year it moved by +4.
Colfax covers 1.39 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 866 people per square mile of land. The median Wisconsin place of 5,000+ has 1,583, so Colfax is less dense than the typical town.
What county Colfax is in
All of Colfax's residents live in Dunn County, which had 46,135 residents in 2024. Colfax holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Colfax
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Colfax by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 54730. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Colfax is
The Census internal point of Colfax is at 44.997000, -91.725500. Madison, the capital, is 176.5 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Menomonie, WI (16,709 people), 11.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is St. Paul, MN, 67.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 44.997000, -91.725500
- DMS
- 44°59'49.20"N 91°43'31.80"W
- UTM
- 15N 600455.4E 4983407.2N
- Geohash
- 9zyzbxrw8
- Plus code
- 86PCX7WF+RQ
Daylight in Colfax
At 45.00° N, Colfax gets about 15 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 46 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Colfax
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Wisconsin, measured between internal points. The closest is Elk Mound, 8.7 miles away, with 1,094 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Colfax, WI?
1,204 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 22 (1.9%) from 1,182 in July 2020.
What county is Colfax in?
Dunn County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Colfax?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 54730.
How far is Colfax from Madison?
176.5 miles (284.1 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Colfax.
What is the nearest larger city to Colfax?
Menomonie, WI, with 16,709 residents, 11.7 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.