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A town of 7,139, settled in 1948.
Collinsville grades D overall, ranked 234th of 249 in Virginia, mostly because of health and schools. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 91% of the country. Its schools rank behind 77% of the state's. One bright spot: natural-hazard risk is low. Collinsville’s median rent is $746 a month, against $1,764 a month in Virginia’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. John Redd Smith Elementary School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Virginia), ordered by how far Collinsville is from typical.
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The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2017 and 5 maps from 1926 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Collinsville is unincorporated, so Henry County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Collinsville.
Collinsville trades workers with Martinsville and other neighbors and has property taxes about half the Virginia norm, but it has household incomes well below the Virginia norm.
The median property tax bill is $774, against $2,790 across Virginia, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The typical Collinsville home is worth about $168,000, up 0.9% in a year, 59% below the Virginia typical home. 57% of households own their home in Collinsville.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Its public schools are run by the Henry County Public Schools. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldale-Collinsville MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 792 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within VA on state tests and graduation
18% of Collinsville adults report frequent physical distress. Collinsville beats the Virginia average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 17% of Collinsville adults have diabetes.
| Collinsville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 11% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 33% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Collinsville | VA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.8% | 76.8% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.9% | 6.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities. Since 1987, 10 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Collinsville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Collinsville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Collinsville has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 88°, January nights drop to 27° and about 9 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Collinsville has about as many jobs (2,729) as working residents, but only 306 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 19.2 minutes, against 27.3 across Virginia.
Most working residents leave Collinsville for work: only 11% work in town. The average trip to work in Collinsville is 19 minutes. Since 2013, Collinsville has added 1,211 jobs, to 2,729 in 2023.
| Collinsville | Virginia towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $52,000 | $102,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 7.7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 4.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
1 within 15 miles of the center of Collinsville
About 6 of every 100 Collinsville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Virginia.
CDP in Virginia, United States
Collinsville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Henry County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Collinsville had a population of 7,380. It is part of the Martinsville Micropolitan Statistical Area. Collinsville is also where the administration building and county courthouse of Henry County are located (though nearby Martinsville - an independent city which is not technically part of the county - is usually identified as the county seat).
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2 towns share a border with Collinsville.
| Town | VA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collinsville | #234 | D | B | — | C− | D |
| Villa Heights | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fieldale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Collinsville reports no FBI crime data of its own. Villa Heights and Fieldale aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Collinsville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Collinsville grades D overall, better than 9% of U.S. towns and #234 of 249 in Virginia. It grades D for health and C− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3.4 years of the area's median household income ($49,860 across the Martinsville, VA area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.