Collinsville vs Edwardsville

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

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

Edwardsville has the higher population (26,543 vs 24,126 in Collinsville). Edwardsville has the higher median household income ($92,671 vs $65,170 in Collinsville). Edwardsville has the higher median home value ($286,700 vs $157,700 in Collinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
Population	24,126	26,543
Median age	39.7 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,170	$92,671
Median home value	$157,700	$286,700
Median gross rent	$979	$1,231
Housing units	11,779	10,353
Homeownership rate	64.8%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	54.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
Population	24,626 → 24,126 (-2.0%)	25,171 → 26,543 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$53,490 → $65,170 (+21.8%)	$77,411 → $92,671 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $157,700 (+23.9%)	$228,300 → $286,700 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $979 (+8.5%)	$971 → $1,231 (+26.8%)

Collinsville

Population

24,62624,126

Median household income

$53,490$65,170

Median home value

$127,300$157,700

Median gross rent

$902$979

Edwardsville

Population

25,17126,543

Median household income

$77,411$92,671

Median home value

$228,300$286,700

Median gross rent

$971$1,231

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
Under 5	4.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	22.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.3%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.2%
75 and over	6.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	85.1%
Black or African American	16.3%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
Drove alone	77.9%	79.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.3%	14.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
1-unit, detached	67.3%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	13.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Edwardsville
Poverty rate	13.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1970	1984