Factoryville vs Nicholson

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

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

Factoryville has the higher population (1,374 vs 628 in Nicholson). Nicholson has the higher median household income ($66,111 vs $51,635 in Factoryville). Factoryville has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $185,900 in Nicholson).

Population, income & housing

	Factoryville	Nicholson
Population	1,374	628
Median age	21.2 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,635	$66,111
Median home value	$187,500	$185,900
Median gross rent	$1,023	$729
Housing units	380	278
Homeownership rate	63.3%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Factoryville	Nicholson
Population	1,292 → 1,374 (+6.3%)	670 → 628 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$54,943 → $51,635 (-6.0%)	$56,964 → $66,111 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$155,400 → $187,500 (+20.7%)	$142,700 → $185,900 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $1,023 (+74.0%)	$791 → $729 (-7.8%)

Factoryville

Population

1,2921,374

Median household income

$54,943$51,635

Median home value

$155,400$187,500

Median gross rent

$588$1,023

Nicholson

Population

670628

Median household income

$56,964$66,111

Median home value

$142,700$185,900

Median gross rent

$791$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Factoryville	Nicholson
Under 5	5.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	23.4%
18 to 24	36.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	3.3%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	3.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	9.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.9%
75 and over	4.9%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Factoryville	Nicholson
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	5.7%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Factoryville	Nicholson
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	34.3%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Factoryville	Nicholson
Drove alone	66.4%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.7%
Worked from home	16.7%	5.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Factoryville	Nicholson
1-unit, detached	65.0%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Factoryville	Nicholson
Poverty rate	20.6%	19.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1943	1938