About Collinsville

Collinsville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 6,043 people and just one neighborhood, Collinsville is the 117th largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Collinsville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 56.2% of the Collinsville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Collinsville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Collinsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (7.93%), sales jobs (6.06%), and management occupations (4.33%).

Collinsville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Collinsville isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.86% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

As is often the case in a small town, Collinsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Collinsville Information and Demographics

The population of Collinsville has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 5.99% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Collinsville in 2000 was $13,570, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $54,280 for a family of four.

Collinsville is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Collinsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Collinsville is White, followed by African-American. Collinsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.69% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Collinsville include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Collinsville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.