Arcade vs Nicholson

A side-by-side comparison of Arcade and Nicholson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nicholson has the higher population (1,899 vs 1,705 in Arcade). Arcade has the higher median household income ($58,750 vs $44,956 in Nicholson). Arcade has the higher median home value ($228,800 vs $178,900 in Nicholson).

Population, income & housing

	Arcade	Nicholson
Population	1,705	1,899
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$44,956
Median home value	$228,800	$178,900
Median gross rent	$940	$1,048
Housing units	629	748
Homeownership rate	80.8%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcade	Nicholson
Population	1,515 → 1,705 (+12.5%)	1,798 → 1,899 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$56,471 → $58,750 (+4.0%)	$50,665 → $44,956 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$105,800 → $228,800 (+116.3%)	$84,300 → $178,900 (+112.2%)
Median gross rent	$826 → $940 (+13.8%)	$898 → $1,048 (+16.7%)

Arcade

Population

1,5151,705

Median household income

$56,471$58,750

Median home value

$105,800$228,800

Median gross rent

$826$940

Nicholson

Population

1,7981,899

Median household income

$50,665$44,956

Median home value

$84,300$178,900

Median gross rent

$898$1,048

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcade	Nicholson
Under 5	4.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	23.1%
18 to 24	6.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.4%
75 and over	3.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcade	Nicholson
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	80.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcade	Nicholson
No high school diploma	19.7%	24.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcade	Nicholson
Drove alone	72.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	12.0%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	2.4%
Other means	3.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcade	Nicholson
1-unit, detached	54.4%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.6%	48.9%

Poverty & households

	Arcade	Nicholson
Poverty rate	11.3%	11.4%
Average household size	3.03	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1994	1998