Chest Springs vs Nicktown

A side-by-side comparison of Chest Springs and Nicktown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nicktown has the higher population (103 vs 91 in Chest Springs). Chest Springs has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $60,208 in Nicktown). Nicktown has the higher median home value ($156,900 vs $118,800 in Chest Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
Population	91	103
Median age	44.8 yrs	54.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$60,208
Median home value	$118,800	$156,900
Housing units	48	72
Homeownership rate	89.7%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
Population	168 → 91 (-45.8%)	—
Median household income	$67,500 → $63,750 (-5.6%)	—
Median home value	$109,400 → $118,800 (+8.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$613 → $625 (+2.0%)	—

Chest Springs

Population

16891

Median household income

$67,500$63,750

Median home value

$109,400$118,800

Median gross rent

$613$625

Nicktown

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
Under 5	5.5%	1.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.4%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	17.6%	16.5%
75 and over	1.1%	19.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
No high school diploma	6.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	49.3%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
Drove alone	80.0%	90.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	9.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	5.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
1-unit, detached	85.4%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	4.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Chest Springs	Nicktown
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.33	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	45
Median year structure built	1956	1952