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Nelson city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Nelson city is a Census city of 1,166 people across 1.61 square miles of land, lying across Cherokee County and Pickens County. Median household income is $89,375, 77.4 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Nelson
What Nelson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.61 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land725 plus or minus 203
- County holding the largest share of its areaCherokee County, 61.1 percent
- Counties this place lies inCherokee County 61.1 percent, Pickens County 38.9 percent
Nelson city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
How many people live in Nelson
- Population1,166 plus or minus 327
- Median age43.3
- Population under 18247 plus or minus 90
- Share under 1821.2 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over248 plus or minus 102
- Share 65 and over21.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Households438 plus or minus 128
- Family households255 plus or minus 71
- Share of households that are families58.2 percent plus or minus 23.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
Income and work in Nelson
- Median household income$89,375 plus or minus $25,511
- Per capita income$45,607 plus or minus $9,275
- Civilian labor force637 plus or minus 188
- Employed593 plus or minus 178
- Unemployed44 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate6.9 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over820 plus or minus 211
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.3 percent plus or minus 31.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.9 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
Housing in Nelson
- Housing units458 plus or minus 129
- Occupied units438 plus or minus 128
- Vacant units20 plus or minus 24
- Vacancy rate4.4 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Owner occupied339 plus or minus 107
- Renter occupied99 plus or minus 59
- Ownership rate77.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$255,000 plus or minus $66,944
- Median gross rent, monthly$998 plus or minus $730
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.4 percent plus or minus 10.5
- Single family units416 plus or minus 128
- Share single family90.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes42 plus or minus 42
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
How Nelson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute528 plus or minus 157
- Commuting under 15 minutes70 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.3 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more216 plus or minus 84
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more40.9 percent plus or minus 10.2
- Drove alone77.6 percent
- Carpooled11.2 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home10.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nelson
Flood programme status in Nelson
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130296
- Currently effective map date09/29/10(M)
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Cherokee County, not Nelson
Cherokee County context, not Nelson figures
These are Cherokee County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Nelson measurements.
- Establishments in Cherokee County6,550
- Employment at those establishments, Cherokee County67,429
- Covered employment, Cherokee County74,280
- Average annual pay, Cherokee County$54,283
- Average weekly wage, Cherokee County$1,044
- Housing units permitted, Cherokee County2,665
- Of those, single family, Cherokee County1,796
- County product, 2024, Cherokee County$13,256,652,000
- County product change over the prior year, Cherokee County9.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Cherokee County$90,694
Every figure in this section is published for Cherokee County as a whole and is not a measurement of Nelson. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Nelson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nelson, Georgia?
1,166, in 438 households. Nelson city covers 1.61 square miles of land, which is 725 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nelson in?
Nelson lies in more than one. By area it is 61.1 percent in Cherokee County, 38.9 percent in Pickens County. This page sits under Cherokee County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Nelson?
$89,375. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $255,000. Median gross rent is $998 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Nelson in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Nelson appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130296, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Nelson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cherokee County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Nelson.
Is zoning published for Nelson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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