Collinston vs Oak Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Collinston and Oak Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Collinston and Oak Ridge are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Collinston has the higher population (234 vs 55 in Oak Ridge). Since 2019, Collinston's population has grown faster (-2.1% vs -45.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
Population	234	55
Median age	57.5 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$23,125	—
Median home value	—	$175,000
Median gross rent	$275	—
Housing units	169	35
Homeownership rate	62.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	26.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
Population	239 → 234 (-2.1%)	100 → 55 (-45.0%)
Median household income	$18,375 → $23,125 (+25.9%)	—
Median home value	$29,300 → $28,000 (-4.4%)	$156,300 → $175,000 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$354 → $275 (-22.3%)	—

Collinston

Population

239234

Median household income

$18,375$23,125

Median home value

$29,300$28,000

Median gross rent

$354$275

Oak Ridge

Population

10055

Median home value

$156,300$175,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	20.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	31.2%	23.6%
75 and over	4.3%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	45.3%	85.5%
Black or African American	45.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	15.6%	25.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	20.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	81.3%	91.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.6%	8.7%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	55.6%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Collinston	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	32.5%	3.6%
Average household size	1.81	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	50
Median year structure built	1977	1975