Commerce vs Nicholson

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

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

Commerce has the higher population (7,684 vs 1,899 in Nicholson). Commerce has the higher median household income ($61,286 vs $44,956 in Nicholson). Commerce has the higher median home value ($233,900 vs $178,900 in Nicholson).

Population, income & housing

	Commerce	Nicholson
Population	7,684	1,899
Median age	33.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,286	$44,956
Median home value	$233,900	$178,900
Median gross rent	$1,108	$1,048
Housing units	2,660	748
Homeownership rate	65.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	10.2%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	16.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Commerce	Nicholson
Population	6,858 → 7,684 (+12.0%)	1,798 → 1,899 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$47,035 → $61,286 (+30.3%)	$50,665 → $44,956 (-11.3%)
Median home value	$116,400 → $233,900 (+100.9%)	$84,300 → $178,900 (+112.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,108 (+40.6%)	$898 → $1,048 (+16.7%)

Commerce

Population

6,8587,684

Median household income

$47,035$61,286

Median home value

$116,400$233,900

Median gross rent

$788$1,108

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)

	Commerce	Nicholson
Under 5	9.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.8%	23.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	16.3%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	8.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.4%
75 and over	8.7%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Commerce	Nicholson
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	80.5%
Black or African American	14.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Commerce	Nicholson
No high school diploma	15.6%	24.6%
High school graduate	41.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Commerce	Nicholson
Drove alone	80.9%	82.6%
Carpooled	11.4%	14.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	2.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Commerce	Nicholson
1-unit, detached	79.1%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	48.9%

Poverty & households

	Commerce	Nicholson
Poverty rate	9.1%	11.4%
Average household size	2.90	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1986	1998