Collins vs Zearing

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

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

Zearing has the higher population (584 vs 493 in Collins). Collins has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $67,031 in Zearing). Zearing has the higher median home value ($138,600 vs $130,700 in Collins).

Population, income & housing

	Collins	Zearing
Population	493	584
Median age	33.0 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,292	$67,031
Median home value	$130,700	$138,600
Median gross rent	$883	$1,125
Housing units	202	202
Homeownership rate	74.7%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collins	Zearing
Population	477 → 493 (+3.4%)	534 → 584 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$55,500 → $67,292 (+21.2%)	$53,750 → $67,031 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$97,100 → $130,700 (+34.6%)	$100,600 → $138,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $883 (+3.3%)	$663 → $1,125 (+69.7%)

Collins

Population

477493

Median household income

$55,500$67,292

Median home value

$97,100$130,700

Median gross rent

$855$883

Zearing

Population

534584

Median household income

$53,750$67,031

Median home value

$100,600$138,600

Median gross rent

$663$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collins	Zearing
Under 5	4.3%	10.8%
5 to 17	19.3%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	18.1%	17.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.2%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.7%
65 to 74	3.9%	7.0%
75 and over	7.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collins	Zearing
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	16.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collins	Zearing
No high school diploma	7.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	31.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collins	Zearing
Drove alone	83.8%	65.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	28.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collins	Zearing
1-unit, detached	85.1%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Collins	Zearing
Poverty rate	9.0%	22.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1952	1959