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Nichols city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Nichols city is a Census city of 373 people across 0.23 square miles of land, in Muscatine County. Median household income is $72,813, 81.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Nichols
What Nichols is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.23 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,637 plus or minus 549
- County holding the largest share of its areaMuscatine 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.
Nichols
How many people live in Nichols
- Population373 plus or minus 125
- Median age32.8 plus or minus 7.5
- Population under 1891 plus or minus 39
- Share under 1824.4 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over72 plus or minus 21
- Share 65 and over19.3 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Households157 plus or minus 50
- Family households119 plus or minus 39
- Share of households that are families75.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nichols
Income and work in Nichols
- Median household income$72,813 plus or minus $27,466
- Per capita income$36,743
- Civilian labor force209 plus or minus 75
- Employed207 plus or minus 75
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 3
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Adults 25 and over259 plus or minus 74
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.4 percent plus or minus 37.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher10.0 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.4 percent plus or minus 4.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nichols
Housing in Nichols
- Housing units198 plus or minus 79
- Occupied units157 plus or minus 50
- Vacant units41 plus or minus 66
- Vacancy rate20.7 percent plus or minus 32.3
- Owner occupied128 plus or minus 38
- Renter occupied29 plus or minus 29
- Ownership rate81.5 percent plus or minus 35.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$134,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$689 plus or minus $141
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.4 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units166 plus or minus 78
- Share single family83.8 percent plus or minus 20.5
- Units in buildings of two or more24 plus or minus 28
- Share in buildings of two or more12.1 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Nichols
How Nichols gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute195 plus or minus 72
- Commuting under 15 minutes45 plus or minus 25
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.1 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Commuting 30 minutes or more80 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more41.0 percent
- Drove alone81.2 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked1.9 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Worked from home5.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Muscatine County, not Nichols
Muscatine County context, not Nichols figures
These are Muscatine County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Nichols measurements.
- Establishments in Muscatine County949
- Employment at those establishments, Muscatine County19,519
- Covered employment, Muscatine County21,234
- Average annual pay, Muscatine County$63,594
- Average weekly wage, Muscatine County$1,223
- Housing units permitted, Muscatine County77
- Of those, single family, Muscatine County30
- County product, 2024, Muscatine County$3,242,090,000
- County product change over the prior year, Muscatine County3.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Muscatine County$51,758
Every figure in this section is published for Muscatine County as a whole and is not a measurement of Nichols. 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.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- 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
Nichols questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Nichols, Iowa?
373, in 157 households. Nichols city covers 0.23 square miles of land, which is 1,637 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Nichols in?
Muscatine 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 Nichols?
$72,813. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $134,400. Median gross rent is $689 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Nichols figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Muscatine 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 Nichols.
Is zoning published for Nichols?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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