Collins is a very small city located in the state of Mississippi. With a population of 2,241 people and two associated neighborhoods, Collins is the 110th largest community in Mississippi.Collins is a blue-collar town, with 44.89% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Collins is a city of construction workers and builders, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Collins who work in teaching (17.21%), law enforcement and fire fighting (10.47%), and food service (5.74%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Collins has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Collins a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. One downside of living in Collins is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Collins, the average commute to work is 30.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Despite the fact that it is a small city, Collins has quite a few people who take public transportation – mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. This helps to fill a real need in the city for affordable transportation.In Collins, just 6.62% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Collins in 2022 was $17,622, which is low income relative to Mississippi and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $70,488 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 38.34% 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Collins also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.26% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Collins include English, Irish, German, European, and Scandinavian. The most common language spoken in Collins is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
