Collinsville vs Rainsville

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

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

Rainsville has the higher population (5,613 vs 1,835 in Collinsville). Rainsville has the higher median household income ($64,140 vs $31,411 in Collinsville). Since 2019, Rainsville's population has grown faster (+11.3% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Rainsville
Population	1,835	5,613
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,411	$64,140
Median home value	—	$207,800
Median gross rent	$340	$647
Housing units	841	2,452
Homeownership rate	56.2%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	28.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Rainsville
Population	2,212 → 1,835 (-17.0%)	5,041 → 5,613 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$32,303 → $31,411 (-2.8%)	$33,295 → $64,140 (+92.6%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $68,800 (-9.4%)	$109,000 → $207,800 (+90.6%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $340 (-28.7%)	$569 → $647 (+13.7%)

Collinsville

Population

2,2121,835

Median household income

$32,303$31,411

Median home value

$75,900$68,800

Median gross rent

$477$340

Rainsville

Population

5,0415,613

Median household income

$33,295$64,140

Median home value

$109,000$207,800

Median gross rent

$569$647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Rainsville
Under 5	5.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	19.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	18.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	18.5%
75 and over	14.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Rainsville
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	82.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Rainsville
No high school diploma	47.7%	17.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Rainsville
Drove alone	83.0%	93.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Rainsville
1-unit, detached	60.4%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Rainsville
Poverty rate	28.4%	15.7%
Average household size	2.77	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1974	1992