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Population (year 2000): 499. Estimated
population in July 2005: 450 (-9.8% change)
Males: 242 (48.5%), Females: 257 (51.5%)
Story County
Zip code:
50055
Median resident age: 36.4 years
Median household income: $37,917 (year 2000)
Median house value: $56,300 (year 2000)
Races in Collins:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.4%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (18.8%), English (18.0%),
Irish (11.6%), United States (8.4%), Norwegian (5.2%),
Scotch-Irish (2.8%).
Elevation: 990 feet
Land area: 0.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Collins
- High school or higher: 85.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
- Unemployed: 1.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 34.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Collins city
- Never married: 17.2%
- Now married: 62.8%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 10.2%
- Divorced: 8.9%
0.8% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +32 (+6.9%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Collins:
- STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; NEVADA, IA)
- MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; AMES,
IA)
- SKIFF MEDICAL CENTER (about 23 miles; NEWTON, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Collins:
- DES MOINES INTL (about 35 miles; DES MOINES, IA; ID:
DSM)
- FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 76 miles; FORT DODGE, IA;
ID: FOD)
- WATERLOO MUNI (about 77 miles; WATERLOO, IA; ID: ALO)
Other public-use airports nearest to Collins:
- AMES MUNI (about 23 miles; AMES, IA; ID: AMW)
- ANKENY REGIONAL (about 23 miles; ANKENY, IA; ID: IKV)
- NEWTON MUNI (about 26 miles; NEWTON, IA; ID: TNU)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Collins:
- IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; AMES, IA;
Full-time enrollment: 24,473)
- DES MOINES COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
ANKENY, IA; FT enrollment: 6,959)
- DRAKE UNIVERSITY (about 34 miles; DES MOINES, IA; FT
enrollment: 4,227)
- IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 74 miles; FT
DODGE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,807)
- HAWKEYE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 77 miles; WATERLOO,
IA; FT enrollment: 3,292)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA (about 80 miles; CEDAR
FALLS, IA; FT enrollment: 12,524)
- INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles;
OTTUMWA, IA; FT enrollment: 2,744)
Public primary/middle school in Collins:
- COLLINS-MAXWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
229; Location: 416 FOURTH STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
Library in Collins:
- COLLINS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income:
$12,680; Location: 212 MAIN STREET; 7,456 books; 66
audio materials; 742 video materials; 27 serial
subscriptions)
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