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Nicholson township, Fayette County, PA

1,563 Population
21.8 square miles 71.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±5.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,214 ±$2,632 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $32,278 ±$1,027
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$71,813 ±$16,800 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Fayette County: $56,093 ±$1,567
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.3% ±3.4% (130  ±58) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Fayette County: 17.5% 21,411 (±1.1% / ±1,291)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

32.2 minutes ±11.2 (23,340  ±5,391) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 26.6 1,292,210 (±0.7 / ±46,090)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

679 ±117 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 54,962 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.6 (1,563  ±269) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 122,435 (±0 / ±80)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.1% ±3.3% (14  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 4.6% † 1,147 (±1.1% / ±266)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

722 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 62,060 ±88
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$116,500 ±$18,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $126,900 ±$5,994
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.4% ±4.6% (114  ±73.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 8.1% † 10,190 (±0.9% / ±1,146.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.4% ±18.7% (1,068  ±142.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fayette County: 90% 84,220 (±2% / ±1,879.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
16.8% ±3.9% (198  ±55.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fayette County: 18.9% 17,723 (±1% / ±945.4)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.8% ±0.6% (13  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 1.5% 1,849
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.4% ±2.3% (96  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 7.2% 7,322 (±0.6% / ±566)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
96 Total veterans ±33 85 Male ±33 11 Female ±10

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