A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Collins$1,140/mo

Typical home $169K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $447/mo · Housing →

Williamson$2,440/mo

Typical home $403K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.96% · or rent about $1,021/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,300 a month, about $15,600 a year, between Williamson and Collins.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

CollinsWilliamson

Snow a year0″0″

January low38°F 33°F

July high92°F 91°F

Growing season (days)258d 234d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 26th

Outdoors & history

CollinsWilliamson

Archive photos2 —

Famous people born here—1

Community

CollinsWilliamson

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

148 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CollinsGA WilliamsonGA

Collins ↔ Williamson148 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Georgia average

CollinsWilliamson

People

Population 533Lowest 681Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -7.5% GA: +10.6% —

Median age 46±5.9Highest 22% above GA 40.1±7.1Lowest 7% above GA

Collins and Williamson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 14.8%±11.7Lowest GA: 23.2% 29.5%±3Highest GA: 23.2%

Williamson and Collins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 26.3%±4.5Highest GA: 15% 15.4%±6.1Lowest GA: 15%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.3%Highest GA: 34.9% 38.8%Lowest GA: 34.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.3%±8Highest GA: 6.4% 6.3%±4Lowest GA: 6.4%

Collins and Williamson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $64,085±$17kLowest 17% below GA $125,556±$32kHighest 62% above GA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $418,500±$40k 38% above GA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $447±$205Lowest 68% below GA $1,021±$321Highest 27% below GA

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,342Lowest 43% below GA $4,027Highest 72% above GA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.1%±29.6Highest GA: 52.4% 35%±43.1Lowest GA: 52.4%

Collins and Williamson are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 13.3%Highest GA: 13.4% 3.7%Lowest GA: 13.4%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.5%Lowest GA: 65.7% 83.7%Highest GA: 65.7%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 22 yrs older than GA 2005Highest 13 yrs newer than GA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 17% below GA 38 minHighest 33% above GA

Work from home 5.4%±6.8Lowest GA: 15.9% 19.5%±10Highest GA: 15.9%

Williamson and Collins are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.5%Highest 0.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miLowest 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.11Lowest 0.25Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Vidalia (7%)Griffin (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in WilliamsonFew work in Collins

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 66.9Highest 27.7Lowest

Georgia average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Collins vs Williamson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,300 more a month in Williamson

What daily life feels like in each

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