Hide-A-Way Lake vs Nicholson

A side-by-side comparison of Hide-A-Way Lake and Nicholson: population, income, housing, and more.

Hide-A-Way Lake and Nicholson are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hide-A-Way Lake has the higher population (2,615 vs 2,523 in Nicholson). Hide-A-Way Lake has the higher median household income ($70,333 vs $46,468 in Nicholson). Hide-A-Way Lake has the higher median home value ($195,500 vs $98,500 in Nicholson).

Population, income & housing

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
Population	2,615	2,523
Median age	43.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,333	$46,468
Median home value	$195,500	$98,500
Median gross rent	—	$852
Housing units	1,165	1,386
Homeownership rate	100.0%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
Population	2,392 → 2,615 (+9.3%)	2,534 → 2,523 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$100,300 → $70,333 (-29.9%)	$33,943 → $46,468 (+36.9%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $195,500 (+6.4%)	$74,900 → $98,500 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$683 → $852 (+24.7%)

Hide-A-Way Lake

Population

2,3922,615

Median household income

$100,300$70,333

Median home value

$183,800$195,500

Nicholson

Population

2,5342,523

Median household income

$33,943$46,468

Median home value

$74,900$98,500

Median gross rent

$683$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
Under 5	3.8%	9.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	7.1%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	15.3%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.1%	22.0%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.5%
75 and over	17.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	71.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.6%
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%	3.9%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
No high school diploma	1.3%	29.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
Drove alone	81.6%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
1-unit, detached	99.0%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	45.5%

Poverty & households

	Hide-A-Way Lake	Nicholson
Poverty rate	3.6%	20.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1987	1996