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Colfax, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Colfax, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 4,136. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet COLFAX-NC · Colfax, NC 1 ZIPs · 4,136 pop · #4271/25278 · Guilford County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $101,173
  • RANK-TOP #4271/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Jamestown
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 4,136
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $304,000

Nearest income peer: Jamestown, NC ( $9,661 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Colfax

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Colfax on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Colfax, NC sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 17%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
4,136
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$101,173
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $101,173 and home value $304,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 43.9%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Colfax as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Clayton is the closest lower-income city and Belvidere the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Colfax.

Population concentration

Colfax's single ZIP 27235 carries the town

Colfax is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 27235 is the entire residential footprint (4,136 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Colfax's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 142 establishments, 3,297 employees , annual payroll $198,151k (~34 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27235 (142 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (23) · also Wholesale trade · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Colfax, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Guilford County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Colfax. See the Guilford County roll-up →

Colfax sits in the upper half of Guilford County on income: Greensboro, High Point and Jamestown report less, while Summerfield and Oak Ridge report more. Oak Ridge marks the far end of that range at $165,898, 64% above Colfax.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27235 4,136 $101,173 142 118
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Colfax roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Colfax, .