Broad Brook vs Collinsville

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

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

Collinsville has the higher population (4,001 vs 3,550 in Broad Brook). Collinsville has the higher median household income ($104,808 vs $96,484 in Broad Brook). Collinsville has the higher median home value ($376,800 vs $328,300 in Broad Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
Population	3,550	4,001
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,484	$104,808
Median home value	$328,300	$376,800
Median gross rent	$1,297	$1,472
Housing units	1,658	1,811
Homeownership rate	70.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	64.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
Population	4,695 → 3,550 (-24.4%)	3,328 → 4,001 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$81,500 → $96,484 (+18.4%)	$92,611 → $104,808 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$235,100 → $328,300 (+39.6%)	$313,600 → $376,800 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,297 (+5.8%)	$1,134 → $1,472 (+29.8%)

Broad Brook

Population

4,6953,550

Median household income

$81,500$96,484

Median home value

$235,100$328,300

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,297

Collinsville

Population

3,3284,001

Median household income

$92,611$104,808

Median home value

$313,600$376,800

Median gross rent

$1,134$1,472

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
Under 5	2.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	11.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.7%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	88.1%
Black or African American	10.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	7.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.5%
High school graduate	21.4%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
Drove alone	74.3%	65.3%
Carpooled	3.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	28.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
1-unit, detached	54.7%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	15.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broad Brook	Collinsville
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1984	1981