More than half of Collinsville’s working residents commute to Meridian
Jobs & income C: better than 31% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability D−: more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 55% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 35 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Collinsville; the top destination outside it is Meridian (51%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Collinsville
More than half of Collinsville works in Meridian
409 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Meridian, 12 miles away. That’s 13 times as many as work in Collinsville itself. The commute map ↓
Collinsville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 796 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Collinsville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Collinsville is better than 31% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Collinsville’s grade up ($78,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.7%) is left out: Collinsville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Collinsville could be anywhere from D to B+.
51% of working residents work in Meridian
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Collinsville clocks in
51% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Mississippi
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Collinsville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 863 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Collinsville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 766 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Collinsville on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What the 297 jobs in Collinsville are
297 jobs are based in Collinsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Collinsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Collinsville, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 297. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Half of Collinsville commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Collinsville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Collinsville is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Collinsville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 889 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.1% of Collinsville households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Collinsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Collinsville is 3,369th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Collinsville, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,756 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,772 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,805 | Sumrall MS | 2,299 | $70K | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,367 | Nottawa Township MI | 2,225 | $79K | 8.6% | 6.8% | 6% | C |
| 3,368 | Jefferson Township OH | 1,393 | $93K | 13.8% | 3.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,369 | Collinsville MS | 1,725 | $79K | 13.6% | 4.7% | 4% | C |
| 3,370 | Meridian TX | 1,403 | $66K | 7.7% | 0.8% | 12% | C |
| 3,371 | Napoli NY | 1,201 | $92K | 16.5% | 5.1% | <1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Collinsville: questions
What is the median household income in Collinsville?
$78,750 (±$18,584) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Collinsville?
13.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Collinsville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Collinsville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meridian (51%, 12 mi), Jackson (4%, 81 mi), Meridian Station (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Collinsville walkable?
Collinsville is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Collinsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Collinsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Collinsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.