Collinsville vs Godfrey

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

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

Collinsville has the higher population (24,126 vs 17,743 in Godfrey). Godfrey has the higher median household income ($92,746 vs $65,170 in Collinsville). Godfrey has the higher median home value ($181,400 vs $157,700 in Collinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsville	Godfrey
Population	24,126	17,743
Median age	39.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,170	$92,746
Median home value	$157,700	$181,400
Median gross rent	$979	$1,111
Housing units	11,779	8,115
Homeownership rate	64.8%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsville	Godfrey
Population	24,626 → 24,126 (-2.0%)	17,579 → 17,743 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$53,490 → $65,170 (+21.8%)	$73,238 → $92,746 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$127,300 → $157,700 (+23.9%)	$148,300 → $181,400 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $979 (+8.5%)	$951 → $1,111 (+16.8%)

Collinsville

Population

24,62624,126

Median household income

$53,490$65,170

Median home value

$127,300$157,700

Median gross rent

$902$979

Godfrey

Population

17,57917,743

Median household income

$73,238$92,746

Median home value

$148,300$181,400

Median gross rent

$951$1,111

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsville	Godfrey
Under 5	4.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	8.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.7%
75 and over	6.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsville	Godfrey
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	88.0%
Black or African American	16.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsville	Godfrey
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	27.7%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsville	Godfrey
Drove alone	77.9%	82.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.5%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	12.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsville	Godfrey
1-unit, detached	67.3%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	2.3%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Collinsville	Godfrey
Poverty rate	13.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1970	1975