Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Colfax run?
Colfax’s town government spent $404,000 on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, about $282 per resident. These are Census Bureau estimates: Colfax didn’t report its figures, so this page shows them without comparisons.
What stands out about how Colfax is run
Read from the town’s budget and official records.
About $282 per resident a year, or $0.77 a day
Day-to-day services only (a Census Bureau estimate). The biggest line: administration & buildings, at 55%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Colfax didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
No comparison or trend for Colfax yet
Every year of Colfax’s figures is a Census Bureau estimate: the town reported none of its dollars for 2022. Estimates are shown above, labeled, but never ranked against places that reported or drawn as a trend.
How Town Hall compares budgets →The typical homeowner pays $199 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.27% of the home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Colfax’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Tax bills are one input to Colfax’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Colfax →
Who’s in charge in Colfax
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
One full-time town employee for every 48 residents
On the payroll in March 2022, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2022 finance file (1,431).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2022
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Grant Parish School District
Colfax’s K–12 school district, shared with Creola, Dry Prong, Georgetown, Montgomery, Pollock. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $13,951 per pupil, $6,811 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Louisiana districts overall: 47% local, 34% state, 19% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Colfax.
- 1Your townTown governmentLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Louisiana HouseState representatives
- 3Louisiana SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Louisiana
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Colfax’s government
Neighbors add phone numbers and hours to the Handbook.
Questions about Colfax’s government
How much does Colfax spend per resident?
About $282 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to June 30, 2022, a Census Bureau estimate (Colfax didn’t report its figures). With building projects and interest, the whole budget was about $953,000.
What is the property tax rate in Colfax?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $199 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.27% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.55% across Louisiana. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see the town’s assessor.
Who runs Colfax’s government?
We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Colfax yet.
How many people work for Colfax?
30 full-time and 7 part-time employees in March 2022, with a March payroll of $88,222 (about $1.1M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Colfax in the state legislature?
State Senate District 29 (Jay Luneau) and State House District 22 (Gabe Firment). The House district also covers 10 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Colfax’s government
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Colfax, the Bureau’s estimates); day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →