About Nicholson

Nicholson is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 1,314 people and just one neighborhood, Nicholson is the 306th largest community in Georgia.

Nicholson is a blue-collar town, with 41.2% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Nicholson is a city of sales and office workers, construction workers and builders, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Nicholson who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.90%), sales jobs (10.31%), and food service (5.06%).

One downside of living in Nicholson is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Nicholson, the average commute to work is 30.99 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Nicholson is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Nicholson isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 99.24% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Nicholson is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Nicholson Information and Demographics

Nicholson ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 6.31% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Nicholson in 2000 was $14,088, which is lower middle income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $56,352 for a family of four.

The people who call Nicholson home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Nicholson is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nicholson include Irish, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in Nicholson is English.