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Nicholson city, Georgia: commercial real estate data.
Nicholson city is a Census city of 2,335 people across 3.96 square miles of land, in Jackson County. Median household income is $52,147, 71.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $425,000.
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Nicholson
What Nicholson is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.96 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land590 plus or minus 174
- County holding the largest share of its areaJackson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nicholson
How many people live in Nicholson
- Population2,335 plus or minus 688
- Median age33.8
- Population under 18674 plus or minus 198
- Share under 1828.9 percent plus or minus 12.0
- Population 65 and over222 plus or minus 91
- Share 65 and over9.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households779 plus or minus 189
- Family households584 plus or minus 170
- Share of households that are families75.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nicholson
Income and work in Nicholson
- Median household income$52,147 plus or minus $16,701
- Per capita income$25,112
- Civilian labor force1,175 plus or minus 319
- Employed1,046 plus or minus 305
- Unemployed129 plus or minus 98
- Unemployment rate11.0 percent plus or minus 7.8
- Adults 25 and over1,580 plus or minus 418
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher76.9 percent plus or minus 26.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.7 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.7 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nicholson
Housing in Nicholson
- Housing units861 plus or minus 207
- Occupied units779 plus or minus 189
- Vacant units82 plus or minus 60
- Vacancy rate9.5 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied557 plus or minus 152
- Renter occupied222 plus or minus 96
- Ownership rate71.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$197,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,008
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.2 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Single family units447 plus or minus 134
- Share single family51.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more3 plus or minus 15
- Share in buildings of two or more0.3 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Mobile homes411 plus or minus 134
- Median year structure built1998
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nicholson
How Nicholson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute982 plus or minus 280
- Commuting under 15 minutes66 plus or minus 46
- Share commuting under 15 minutes6.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more419 plus or minus 122
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.7 percent
- Drove alone80.4 percent plus or minus 32.7
- Carpooled13.5 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home4.9 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nicholson
SBA loans in Nicholson (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$425,000
- Average approval$425,000
- Median approval$425,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$425,000
- Largest approval$425,000
- Jobs supported50
- Jobs per approval50.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Nicholson
Flood risk in Nicholson
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number130662
- Currently effective map date12/17/10(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.
Jackson County, not Nicholson
Jackson County context, not Nicholson figures
These are Jackson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Nicholson measurements.
- Establishments in Jackson County1,673
- Employment at those establishments, Jackson County47,394
- Covered employment, Jackson County45,812
- Average annual pay, Jackson County$50,463
- Average weekly wage, Jackson County$970
- Housing units permitted, Jackson County2,114
- Of those, single family, Jackson County2,070
- County product, 2024, Jackson County$6,517,627,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jackson County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jackson County$86,793
Every figure in this section is published for Jackson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Nicholson. 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.
- 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
Nicholson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nicholson, Georgia?
2,335, in 779 households. Nicholson city covers 3.96 square miles of land, which is 590 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nicholson in?
Jackson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Nicholson?
$52,147. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $197,800. Median gross rent is $1,008 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Nicholson businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $425,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $425,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Nicholson, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Nicholson borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Nicholson. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Nicholson in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Nicholson appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 130662, 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 Nicholson figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jackson 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 Nicholson.
Is zoning published for Nicholson?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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