Collinsville is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 2,064 people and just one neighborhood, Collinsville is the 220th largest community in Alabama.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Collinsville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 54.04% of the Collinsville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Collinsville is a town of construction workers and builders, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Collinsville who work in office and administrative support (10.21%), healthcare suport services (8.40%), and maintenance occupations (5.93%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Collinsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Collinsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Collinsville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Collinsville has a very low overall level of education: only 8.90% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Collinsville in 2022 was $16,500, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,000 for a family of four. However, Collinsville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Collinsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Collinsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Collinsville, accounting for 53.30% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Collinsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Collinsville include Irish, African, German, English, and Scottish.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Collinsville's cultural character, accounting for 28.34% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Collinsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
More people work in manufacturing and as laborers here in the neighborhood than in 97.3% of the neighborhoods in America. Despite the loss of manufacturing jobs across the nation, this neighborhood remains a place where, compared to other parts of the country, you will find many laborers and manufacturers.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 89.3% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.
The real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 95.8% of all neighborhoods in America, with 31.9% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Collinsville are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 89.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 25.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 76.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 45.0% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.4%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 65.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (34.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Collinsville, AL, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Mexican (25.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (5.9%), and residents who report English roots (5.5%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (4.6%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (1.7%), among others. In addition, 18.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (44.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.