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Nicholson, PA

628 Population
1.2 square miles 542.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,963 ±$4,377 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $35,586 ±$574
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$66,111 ±$17,226 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $63,656 ±$874
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

19.1% ±9.2% (120  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.7% 80,657 (±0.5% / ±2,869)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.8 minutes ±8.9 (7,800  ±3,300) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.8 5,421,140 (±0.3 / ±98,273)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

236 ±48 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 232,592 ±1,321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.3 (614  ±145) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 547,953 (±0 / ±132)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

27.9% ±15.7% (41  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 6,297 (±0.5% / ±622)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

278 ±58 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 263,883 ±257
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$185,900 ±$20,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $176,500 ±$2,393
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.7% ±5.7% (35  ±35.8) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 65,588 (±0.5% / ±2,752.6)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.4% ±31.5% (369  ±83.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 91.1% 367,481 (±1% / ±4,057.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
21.2% ±7.9% (83  ±37.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 26.8% 107,952 (±0.6% / ±2,457.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.2% ±2.4% (14  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.9% 30,949 (±0.3% / ±1,194)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
14 Total veterans ±11 14 Male ±11 N/A Female ±11

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