Chicora vs Nixon

A side-by-side comparison of Chicora and Nixon: population, income, housing, and more.

Chicora and Nixon are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Nixon has the higher population (1,214 vs 969 in Chicora). Nixon has the higher median household income ($129,909 vs $64,583 in Chicora). Nixon has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $161,400 in Chicora).

Population, income & housing

	Chicora	Nixon
Population	969	1,214
Median age	37.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$64,583	$129,909
Median home value	$161,400	$300,000
Median gross rent	$663	—
Housing units	502	471
Homeownership rate	74.3%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	43.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicora	Nixon
Population	982 → 969 (-1.3%)	1,265 → 1,214 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$62,734 → $64,583 (+2.9%)	$93,333 → $129,909 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $161,400 (+43.5%)	$249,100 → $300,000 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $663 (+17.8%)	—

Chicora

Population

982969

Median household income

$62,734$64,583

Median home value

$112,500$161,400

Median gross rent

$563$663

Nixon

Population

1,2651,214

Median household income

$93,333$129,909

Median home value

$249,100$300,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicora	Nixon
Under 5	4.2%	10.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	7.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.4%
75 and over	13.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicora	Nixon
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	93.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.5%
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	3.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicora	Nixon
No high school diploma	3.3%	0.2%
High school graduate	47.7%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	29.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicora	Nixon
Drove alone	90.0%	62.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	32.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicora	Nixon
1-unit, detached	79.7%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chicora	Nixon
Poverty rate	8.1%	2.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1953	1959