Nicholson vs Poplarville

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

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

Poplarville has the higher population (2,814 vs 2,523 in Nicholson). Poplarville has the higher median household income ($65,147 vs $46,468 in Nicholson). Poplarville has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $98,500 in Nicholson).

Population, income & housing

	Nicholson	Poplarville
Population	2,523	2,814
Median age	45.8 yrs	21.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,468	$65,147
Median home value	$98,500	$164,500
Median gross rent	$852	$901
Housing units	1,386	858
Homeownership rate	70.9%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nicholson	Poplarville
Population	2,534 → 2,523 (-0.4%)	2,931 → 2,814 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$33,943 → $46,468 (+36.9%)	$33,045 → $65,147 (+97.1%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $98,500 (+31.5%)	$116,600 → $164,500 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $852 (+24.7%)	$545 → $901 (+65.3%)

Nicholson

Population

2,5342,523

Median household income

$33,943$46,468

Median home value

$74,900$98,500

Median gross rent

$683$852

Poplarville

Population

2,9312,814

Median household income

$33,045$65,147

Median home value

$116,600$164,500

Median gross rent

$545$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nicholson	Poplarville
Under 5	9.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	7.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	32.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	6.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	7.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	4.6%
75 and over	8.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nicholson	Poplarville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	57.4%
Black or African American	7.6%	37.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nicholson	Poplarville
No high school diploma	29.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	36.9%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nicholson	Poplarville
Drove alone	69.2%	91.0%
Carpooled	17.1%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nicholson	Poplarville
1-unit, detached	50.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	45.5%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Nicholson	Poplarville
Poverty rate	20.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.12	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1996	1976