Collinsville vs Stafford Springs

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

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

Stafford Springs has the higher population (4,801 vs 4,001 in Collinsville). Collinsville has the higher median household income ($104,808 vs $70,967 in Stafford Springs). Collinsville has the higher median home value ($376,800 vs $200,900 in Stafford Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
Population	4,001	4,801
Median age	46.1 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,808	$70,967
Median home value	$376,800	$200,900
Median gross rent	$1,472	$1,101
Housing units	1,811	2,190
Homeownership rate	75.9%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
Population	3,328 → 4,001 (+20.2%)	5,023 → 4,801 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$92,611 → $104,808 (+13.2%)	$67,292 → $70,967 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$313,600 → $376,800 (+20.2%)	$161,300 → $200,900 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,134 → $1,472 (+29.8%)	$959 → $1,101 (+14.8%)

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

Stafford Springs

Population

5,0234,801

Median household income

$67,292$70,967

Median home value

$161,300$200,900

Median gross rent

$959$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
Under 5	5.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.5%	14.3%
75 and over	11.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	83.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
No high school diploma	0.5%	8.3%
High school graduate	9.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
Drove alone	65.3%	86.5%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
1-unit, detached	54.6%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	16.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Stafford Springs
Poverty rate	6.6%	10.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1981	1952