Douglas vs Nicholls

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas and Nicholls: population, income, housing, and more.

Douglas and Nicholls are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Douglas has the higher population (11,720 vs 3,484 in Nicholls). Douglas has the higher median household income ($37,979 vs $27,297 in Nicholls). Douglas has the higher median home value ($136,100 vs $34,800 in Nicholls).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas	Nicholls
Population	11,720	3,484
Median age	30.6 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,979	$27,297
Median home value	$136,100	$34,800
Median gross rent	$704	$617
Housing units	5,287	426
Homeownership rate	46.3%	60.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas	Nicholls
Population	11,556 → 11,720 (+1.4%)	3,836 → 3,484 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$33,276 → $37,979 (+14.1%)	$27,563 → $27,297 (-1.0%)
Median home value	$103,900 → $136,100 (+31.0%)	$39,600 → $34,800 (-12.1%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $704 (+6.8%)	$714 → $617 (-13.6%)

Douglas

Population

11,55611,720

Median household income

$33,276$37,979

Median home value

$103,900$136,100

Median gross rent

$659$704

Nicholls

Population

3,8363,484

Median household income

$27,563$27,297

Median home value

$39,600$34,800

Median gross rent

$714$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas	Nicholls
Under 5	7.1%	1.9%
5 to 17	20.9%	4.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	16.3%	27.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	21.3%
45 to 54	9.3%	20.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.9%
75 and over	4.2%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas	Nicholls
White (non-Hispanic)	36.3%	38.7%
Black or African American	52.9%	54.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas	Nicholls
No high school diploma	15.9%	23.6%
High school graduate	37.0%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas	Nicholls
Drove alone	72.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	7.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	7.2%	9.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas	Nicholls
1-unit, detached	75.5%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	2.6%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	39.4%

Poverty & households

	Douglas	Nicholls
Poverty rate	22.2%	39.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	15	30
Median year structure built	1977	1982