Collinsville vs West Simsbury

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

Collinsville and West Simsbury 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 2,878 in West Simsbury). West Simsbury has the higher median household income ($191,042 vs $104,808 in Collinsville). West Simsbury has the higher median home value ($468,400 vs $376,800 in Collinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
Population	4,001	2,878
Median age	46.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,808	$191,042
Median home value	$376,800	$468,400
Median gross rent	$1,472	$2,250
Housing units	1,811	951
Homeownership rate	75.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.1%	65.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
Population	3,328 → 4,001 (+20.2%)	2,764 → 2,878 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$92,611 → $104,808 (+13.2%)	$124,570 → $191,042 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$313,600 → $376,800 (+20.2%)	$363,200 → $468,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,134 → $1,472 (+29.8%)	$2,107 → $2,250 (+6.8%)

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

West Simsbury

Population

2,7642,878

Median household income

$124,570$191,042

Median home value

$363,200$468,400

Median gross rent

$2,107$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
Under 5	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.0%	5.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	16.0%	23.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.3%
75 and over	11.7%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
No high school diploma	0.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	9.9%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.8%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
Drove alone	65.3%	67.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	28.1%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
1-unit, detached	54.6%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	15.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	West Simsbury
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1981	1973