Household incomes in Collinsville are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns
16.3% of residents live below the poverty line, against 9.9% across Virginia. The two grades for Collinsville are C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 4% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Virginia.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Collinsville, in a few figures
Collinsville trades workers with the towns around it
Collinsville has about as many jobs (2,729) as working residents (2,805), but they are mostly different people: 2,499 residents leave for work each day while 2,423 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Collinsville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Collinsville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Collinsville went from 1,518 in 2013 to 2,729 in 2023, +80%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Collinsville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Virginia. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Virginia worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Collinsville workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Virginia. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Collinsville is services
88% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 5% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Collinsville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Collinsville is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #231 of 253 in Virginia. Job access by car holds Collinsville’s grade up (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,158, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Collinsville could be anywhere from D to B−.
Collinsville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,499 residents head out to work, 306 work right here, and 2,423 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,729 jobs are based in Collinsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Collinsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,518 → 2,729. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Collinsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 19 minutes in Collinsville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Collinsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Virginia. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,175 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Virginia: 83% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
18% of working residents work in Martinsville
Where Collinsville clocks in
18% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Short hops and long hauls from Collinsville
About 16% 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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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 41% of U.S. towns, #210 of 253 in Virginia. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.7% across Virginia.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,315 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). 2.8% of Collinsville households have no vehicle (Virginia 6.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Collinsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Collinsville next to U.S. towns of 5,000 to 9,600: 2,562nd of 3,164 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 7 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | South Run VA | 6,600 | $250K | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,560 | Scottsburg IN | 7,478 | $39K | 23.4% | 4.2% | 22% | C− |
| 2,561 | Sidney NE | 6,432 | $55K | 16.2% | 3.1% | 56% | C− |
| 2,562 | Collinsville VA | 7,139 | $52K | 16.3% | 4.7% | 11% | C− |
| 2,563 | Woodstock VA | 6,002 | $76K | 22.1% | 5.6% | 21% | C− |
| 2,564 | Delaware Township PA | 7,834 | $86K | 11.1% | 7.5% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,164 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Collinsville, the top three, the last and three more from Virginia.
Around Collinsville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Villa Heights (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Collinsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collinsville | – | C− | C+ | 19 min | $52,158 |
| Villa Heights | 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Fieldale | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Villa Heights and Fieldale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Collinsville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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?
$52,158 (±$5,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $93,170 across Virginia and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Collinsville?
16.3%, against 9.9% across Virginia and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Collinsville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Virginia and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Collinsville work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Martinsville (18%, 4 mi), Danville (4%, 30 mi), Rocky Mount (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Collinsville walkable?
Collinsville is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Collinsville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.