Collinsville vs Fort Payne

A side-by-side comparison of Collinsville and Fort Payne: population, income, housing, and more.

Collinsville and Fort Payne are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Payne has the higher population (14,886 vs 1,835 in Collinsville). Fort Payne has the higher median household income ($48,623 vs $31,411 in Collinsville). Since 2019, Fort Payne's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
Population	1,835	14,886
Median age	41.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,411	$48,623
Median home value	—	$158,100
Median gross rent	$340	$670
Housing units	841	6,497
Homeownership rate	56.2%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
Population	2,212 → 1,835 (-17.0%)	14,115 → 14,886 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$32,303 → $31,411 (-2.8%)	$40,273 → $48,623 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $68,800 (-9.4%)	$124,900 → $158,100 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $340 (-28.7%)	$595 → $670 (+12.6%)

Collinsville

Population

2,2121,835

Median household income

$32,303$31,411

Median home value

$75,900$68,800

Median gross rent

$477$340

Fort Payne

Population

14,11514,886

Median household income

$40,273$48,623

Median home value

$124,900$158,100

Median gross rent

$595$670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	22.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.9%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.1%
75 and over	14.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	71.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
No high school diploma	47.7%	19.9%
High school graduate	24.9%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
Drove alone	83.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	10.7%	17.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
1-unit, detached	60.4%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Fort Payne
Poverty rate	28.4%	23.5%
Average household size	2.77	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1974	1977