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Collins, MS

2,180 Population
8 square miles 273.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±6.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Covington County: 37.7 ±0.9
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$18,911 ±$3,637 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Covington County: $26,323 † ±$3,098
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$35,946 ±$4,538 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Covington County: $47,001 † ±$10,444
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

32.3% ±20.7% (606  ±415) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Covington County: 17.7% † 3,173 (±4.4% / ±780)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

27 minutes ±5.1 (21,250  ±7,351) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Covington County: 26.1 † 191,065 (±3.2 / ±27,693)
  • a little higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

850 ±327 Number of households
  • Covington County: 7,079 † ±2,348
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.2 ±1 (1,878  ±446) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Covington County: 2.5 † 17,924 (±0.8 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

17.3% ±17.5% (70  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Covington County: 6.9% † 269 (±4.2% / ±166)
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

964 ±333 Number of housing units
  • Covington County: 8,360 † ±2,321
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$90,400 ±$13,054 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Covington County: $98,500 † ±$17,249
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

4.7% ±3.9% (103  ±88.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Covington County: 4.9% † 883 (±1.9% / ±336.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

86.5% ±10.4% (1,330  ±292.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Covington County: 84.7% 10,360 (±7.1% / ±932)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
13.7% ±8% (210  ±129.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Covington County: 15.9% † 1,946 (±3.9% / ±483.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.5% ±2.2% (33  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Covington County: 1.3% 245
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

13.2% ±8.6% (227  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Covington County: 7.3% † 998 (±1.8% / ±241)
  • nearly double the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
227 Total veterans ±153 214 Male ±147 13 Female ±20

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