Cambridge vs Collins

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and Collins: population, income, housing, and more.

Cambridge and Collins are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cambridge has the higher population (948 vs 493 in Collins). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($74,531 vs $67,292 in Collins). Cambridge has the higher median home value ($172,800 vs $130,700 in Collins).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Collins
Population	948	493
Median age	38.8 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,531	$67,292
Median home value	$172,800	$130,700
Median gross rent	$1,080	$883
Housing units	405	202
Homeownership rate	84.6%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Collins
Population	868 → 948 (+9.2%)	477 → 493 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$72,813 → $74,531 (+2.4%)	$55,500 → $67,292 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$143,300 → $172,800 (+20.6%)	$97,100 → $130,700 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,080 (+20.0%)	$855 → $883 (+3.3%)

Cambridge

Population

868948

Median household income

$72,813$74,531

Median home value

$143,300$172,800

Median gross rent

$900$1,080

Collins

Population

477493

Median household income

$55,500$67,292

Median home value

$97,100$130,700

Median gross rent

$855$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Collins
Under 5	8.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	17.8%	14.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	3.9%
75 and over	5.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Collins
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Collins
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	50.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Collins
Drove alone	78.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	3.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Collins
1-unit, detached	83.0%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Collins
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.0%
Average household size	2.51	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1966	1952