Collinsville is a medium-sized city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 24,417 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Collinsville is the 88th largest community in Illinois.

Collinsville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Collinsville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Collinsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.26%), sales jobs (11.73%), and management occupations (9.08%).

Also of interest is that Collinsville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Collinsville is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.7% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Collinsville.

Collinsville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Collinsville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Collinsville is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.37% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Collinsville in 2000 was $22,048, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,192 for a family of four.

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. Important ancestries of people in Collinsville include German, Irish, Italian, English, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Collinsville is English.