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Nicholson, MS

2,523 Population
6 square miles 417.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±13.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 41.1 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$24,731 ±$5,084 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $28,399 ±$1,628
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,529 ±$283
$46,468 ±$17,887 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $56,535 ±$4,927
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,915 ±$586

20.9% ±9.5% (526  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 16.4% † 9,120 (±2.3% / ±1,266)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 19.1% 543,697 (±0.4% / ±10,461)

29.1 minutes ±7.1 (31,530  ±14,279) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 35.9 762,275 (±2.1 / ±60,061)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

1,192 ±267 Number of households
  • the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 21,489 ±497
  • Mississippi: 1,131,760 ±5,057
2.1 ±0.2 (2,523  ±609) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 2.6 55,512 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,857,336

6.3% ±8.4% (24  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 6.4% † 798 (±2.3% / ±279)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 5.7% 39,645 (±0.3% / ±1,850)

Housing

1,386 ±278 Number of housing units
  • the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 25,137 ±29
  • Mississippi: 1,332,811 ±2,317

$98,500 ±$83,157 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: $174,500 ±$10,718
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $161,400 ±$1,296

9.8% ±8% (245  ±208.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 10% † 5,627 (±1.9% / ±1,093.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 11.2% 327,687 (±0.3% / ±7,365.6)

Social

71% ±10.5% (1,343  ±346.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 87.8% 34,210 (±3.6% / ±1,431.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 86.6% 1,707,032 (±0.6% / ±10,926.7)
8.6% ±5.9% (162  ±117.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 16% 6,217 (±1.6% / ±604.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Mississippi: 24.2% 475,997 (±0.3% / ±5,867.9)

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

7.3% ±5.9% (183  ±154) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 1.6% 880
  • more than double the rate in Mississippi: 2.4% 70,565

7.1% ±5.3% (149  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Picayune, MS Micro Area: 7.8% † 3,431 (±1.1% / ±501)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 153,838 (±0.1% / ±2,821)
149 Total veterans ±115 149 Male ±115 N/A Female ±14

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