Being a small city, Nicholls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Nicholls ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 1.92% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Nicholls in 2018 was $10,095, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $40,380 for a family of four. However, Nicholls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Nicholls also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.95% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Nicholls is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Nicholls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nicholls residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Nicholls include Irish, English, Scottish, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Nicholls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
