Collins vs Lowry City

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

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

Lowry City has the higher population (587 vs 105 in Collins). Lowry City has the higher median household income ($42,159 vs $40,417 in Collins). Lowry City has the higher median home value ($84,300 vs $75,600 in Collins).

Population, income & housing

	Collins	Lowry City
Population	105	587
Median age	30.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,417	$42,159
Median home value	$75,600	$84,300
Median gross rent	—	$707
Housing units	72	312
Homeownership rate	79.1%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collins	Lowry City
Population	192 → 105 (-45.3%)	709 → 587 (-17.2%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $40,417 (+10.2%)	$32,344 → $42,159 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $75,600 (+41.3%)	$60,000 → $84,300 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $428 (-4.0%)	$728 → $707 (-2.9%)

Collins

Population

192105

Median household income

$36,667$40,417

Median home value

$53,500$75,600

Median gross rent

$446$428

Lowry City

Population

709587

Median household income

$32,344$42,159

Median home value

$60,000$84,300

Median gross rent

$728$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collins	Lowry City
Under 5	8.6%	13.1%
5 to 17	21.0%	7.2%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	17.1%	4.8%
35 to 44	2.9%	9.9%
45 to 54	1.9%	14.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	21.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	7.2%
75 and over	18.1%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collins	Lowry City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collins	Lowry City
No high school diploma	7.9%	14.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collins	Lowry City
Drove alone	87.5%	84.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collins	Lowry City
1-unit, detached	75.0%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Collins	Lowry City
Poverty rate	34.3%	23.7%
Average household size	2.44	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1968	1971