Collins vs Maxwell

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

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

Maxwell has the higher population (789 vs 493 in Collins). Maxwell has the higher median household income ($85,789 vs $67,292 in Collins). Maxwell has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $130,700 in Collins).

Population, income & housing

	Collins	Maxwell
Population	493	789
Median age	33.0 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$85,789
Median home value	$130,700	$147,300
Median gross rent	$883	$625
Housing units	202	363
Homeownership rate	74.7%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collins	Maxwell
Population	477 → 493 (+3.4%)	784 → 789 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $67,292 (+21.2%)	$71,667 → $85,789 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $130,700 (+34.6%)	$118,100 → $147,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $883 (+3.3%)	$579 → $625 (+7.9%)

Collins

Population

477493

Median household income

$55,500$67,292

Median home value

$97,100$130,700

Median gross rent

$855$883

Maxwell

Population

784789

Median household income

$71,667$85,789

Median home value

$118,100$147,300

Median gross rent

$579$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collins	Maxwell
Under 5	4.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.5%
18 to 24	9.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	18.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	14.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.5%
75 and over	7.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collins	Maxwell
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collins	Maxwell
No high school diploma	7.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collins	Maxwell
Drove alone	83.8%	90.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collins	Maxwell
1-unit, detached	85.1%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Collins	Maxwell
Poverty rate	9.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1952	1941