Collinsville vs Sylvania

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

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

Sylvania has the higher population (2,005 vs 1,835 in Collinsville). Sylvania has the higher median household income ($53,973 vs $31,411 in Collinsville). Since 2019, Collinsville's population has grown faster (-17.0% vs -21.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Sylvania
Population	1,835	2,005
Median age	41.9 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,411	$53,973
Median home value	—	$129,400
Median gross rent	$340	$638
Housing units	841	816
Homeownership rate	56.2%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Sylvania
Population	2,212 → 1,835 (-17.0%)	2,546 → 2,005 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$32,303 → $31,411 (-2.8%)	$51,385 → $53,973 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $68,800 (-9.4%)	$97,600 → $129,400 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $340 (-28.7%)	$631 → $638 (+1.1%)

Collinsville

Population

2,2121,835

Median household income

$32,303$31,411

Median home value

$75,900$68,800

Median gross rent

$477$340

Sylvania

Population

2,5462,005

Median household income

$51,385$53,973

Median home value

$97,600$129,400

Median gross rent

$631$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Sylvania
Under 5	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	22.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	17.5%
35 to 44	5.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	19.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.1%
75 and over	14.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Sylvania
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	81.9%
Black or African American	6.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	53.3%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Sylvania
No high school diploma	47.7%	18.0%
High school graduate	24.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	18.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Sylvania
Drove alone	83.0%	86.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Sylvania
1-unit, detached	60.4%	72.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Sylvania
Poverty rate	28.4%	10.6%
Average household size	2.77	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1974	1985