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Collins, IA

493 Population
0.5 square miles 1,009.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 30 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,463 ±$5,535 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $38,602 ±$1,327
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$67,292 ±$12,907 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $71,090 ±$1,875
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

9% ±6.4% (44  ±33) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 15.8% 17,803 (±0.9% / ±1,057)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

30.5 minutes ±5.9 (7,585  ±2,391) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 19.1 1,108,470 (±0.7 / ±48,091)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

194 ±42 Number of households
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 49,643 ±640
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.5 ±0 (493  ±107) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 2.3 112,514 (±0 / ±137)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

9.2% ±10.6% (10  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 3.6% † 1,200 (±0.7% / ±217)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

202 ±43 Number of housing units
  • the Ames, IA Metro Area: 53,647 ±80
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$130,700 ±$34,488 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Ames, IA Metro Area: $231,600 ±$4,636
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

7% ±6.2% (34  ±30.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 24.8% 30,762 (±1.4% / ±1,725.3)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93% ±24.1% (307  ±52.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 96.7% 69,284 (±2.3% / ±1,625.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
16.4% ±7.1% (54  ±25.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 46.8% 33,504 (±1.6% / ±1,134.8)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.4% ±0.6% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 6.8% 8,456
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.2% ±3.7% (27  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ames, IA Metro Area: 4.8% † 4,920 (±0.5% / ±514)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
27 Total veterans ±15 25 Male ±15 2 Female ±3

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