Collins vs Vista

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

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

Collins has the higher population (105 vs 46 in Vista). Vista has the higher median household income ($48,750 vs $40,417 in Collins). Since 2019, Vista's population has grown faster (-2.1% vs -45.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Collins	Vista
Population	105	46
Median age	30.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,417	$48,750
Median home value	$75,600	—
Housing units	72	18
Homeownership rate	79.1%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collins	Vista
Population	192 → 105 (-45.3%)	47 → 46 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $40,417 (+10.2%)	$42,083 → $48,750 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$53,500 → $75,600 (+41.3%)	$45,000 → $48,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$446 → $428 (-4.0%)	—

Collins

Population

192105

Median household income

$36,667$40,417

Median home value

$53,500$75,600

Median gross rent

$446$428

Vista

Population

4746

Median household income

$42,083$48,750

Median home value

$45,000$48,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collins	Vista
Under 5	8.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	21.0%	28.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	2.9%	37.0%
45 to 54	1.9%	6.5%
55 to 64	15.2%	4.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	4.3%
75 and over	18.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collins	Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collins	Vista
No high school diploma	7.9%	19.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collins	Vista
Drove alone	87.5%	88.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collins	Vista
1-unit, detached	75.0%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	22.2%

Poverty & households

	Collins	Vista
Poverty rate	34.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	26	9
Median year structure built	1968	1986