Collins vs Mount Olive

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

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

Collins has the higher population (2,180 vs 1,268 in Mount Olive). Collins has the higher median home value ($90,400 vs $57,100 in Mount Olive). Since 2019, Mount Olive's population has grown faster (+5.3% vs -27.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Collins	Mount Olive
Population	2,180	1,268
Median age	52.5 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$35,946	—
Median home value	$90,400	$57,100
Median gross rent	$757	$646
Housing units	964	682
Homeownership rate	54.6%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collins	Mount Olive
Population	3,006 → 2,180 (-27.5%)	1,204 → 1,268 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$27,550 → $35,946 (+30.5%)	$47,679 → $53,947 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $90,400 (+31.8%)	$84,400 → $57,100 (-32.3%)
Median gross rent	$512 → $757 (+47.9%)	$572 → $646 (+12.9%)

Collins

Population

3,0062,180

Median household income

$27,550$35,946

Median home value

$68,600$90,400

Median gross rent

$512$757

Mount Olive

Population

1,2041,268

Median household income

$47,679$53,947

Median home value

$84,400$57,100

Median gross rent

$572$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collins	Mount Olive
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.8%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	26.4%
35 to 44	7.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.8%
55 to 64	22.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	8.0%	4.6%
75 and over	13.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collins	Mount Olive
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	21.1%
Black or African American	39.7%	78.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collins	Mount Olive
No high school diploma	13.5%	17.5%
High school graduate	36.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collins	Mount Olive
Drove alone	76.9%	94.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.3%
Public transit	10.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collins	Mount Olive
1-unit, detached	73.4%	38.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	8.4%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Collins	Mount Olive
Poverty rate	32.3%	22.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1976	1996