Collins is a tiny city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 544 people and two associated neighborhoods, Collins is the 391st largest community in Georgia.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Collins is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 35.11% of the Collins workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Collins is a city of service providers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Collins who work in food service (18.70%), teaching (17.18%), and management occupations (13.74%). Being a small city, Collins does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Collins is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 37.63% of adults in Collins have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Collins in 2022 was $37,877, which is wealthy relative to Georgia, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,508 for a family of four. However, Collins contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Collins also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 31.94% of its population below the federal poverty line.Collins is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Collins home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Collins residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Collins include English, Irish, Bahamian, Welsh, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Collins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
