Collins vs McCallsburg

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

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

Collins has the higher population (493 vs 435 in McCallsburg). McCallsburg has the higher median household income ($72,898 vs $67,292 in Collins). McCallsburg has the higher median home value ($169,000 vs $130,700 in Collins).

Population, income & housing

	Collins	McCallsburg
Population	493	435
Median age	33.0 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$72,898
Median home value	$130,700	$169,000
Median gross rent	$883	$629
Housing units	202	213
Homeownership rate	74.7%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collins	McCallsburg
Population	477 → 493 (+3.4%)	434 → 435 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $67,292 (+21.2%)	$75,486 → $72,898 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $130,700 (+34.6%)	$125,400 → $169,000 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $883 (+3.3%)	$833 → $629 (-24.5%)

Collins

Population

477493

Median household income

$55,500$67,292

Median home value

$97,100$130,700

Median gross rent

$855$883

McCallsburg

Population

434435

Median household income

$75,486$72,898

Median home value

$125,400$169,000

Median gross rent

$833$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collins	McCallsburg
Under 5	4.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	25.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	3.9%	10.8%
75 and over	7.7%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collins	McCallsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collins	McCallsburg
No high school diploma	7.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	49.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collins	McCallsburg
Drove alone	83.8%	74.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	2.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collins	McCallsburg
1-unit, detached	85.1%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Collins	McCallsburg
Poverty rate	9.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1952	1968