Collinsville vs Geraldine

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

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

Collinsville has the higher population (1,835 vs 1,340 in Geraldine). Geraldine has the higher median household income ($62,768 vs $31,411 in Collinsville). Since 2019, Geraldine's population has grown faster (+20.1% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Geraldine
Population	1,835	1,340
Median age	41.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,411	$62,768
Median home value	—	$199,400
Median gross rent	$340	$391
Housing units	841	505
Homeownership rate	56.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Geraldine
Population	2,212 → 1,835 (-17.0%)	1,116 → 1,340 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$32,303 → $31,411 (-2.8%)	$42,279 → $62,768 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $68,800 (-9.4%)	$140,500 → $199,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $340 (-28.7%)	$612 → $391 (-36.1%)

Collinsville

Population

2,2121,835

Median household income

$32,303$31,411

Median home value

$75,900$68,800

Median gross rent

$477$340

Geraldine

Population

1,1161,340

Median household income

$42,279$62,768

Median home value

$140,500$199,400

Median gross rent

$612$391

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Geraldine
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	22.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	16.5%
35 to 44	5.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	19.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.8%
75 and over	14.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Geraldine
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	89.1%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Geraldine
No high school diploma	47.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	24.9%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Geraldine
Drove alone	83.0%	90.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Geraldine
1-unit, detached	60.4%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Geraldine
Poverty rate	28.4%	10.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1974	1980