Laceyville vs Nicholson

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

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

Nicholson has the higher population (628 vs 373 in Laceyville). Laceyville has the higher median household income ($68,500 vs $66,111 in Nicholson). Nicholson has the higher median home value ($185,900 vs $125,000 in Laceyville).

Population, income & housing

	Laceyville	Nicholson
Population	373	628
Median age	42.0 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,500	$66,111
Median home value	$125,000	$185,900
Median gross rent	$882	$729
Housing units	163	278
Homeownership rate	46.1%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laceyville	Nicholson
Population	410 → 373 (-9.0%)	670 → 628 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $68,500 (+44.2%)	$56,964 → $66,111 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $125,000 (+10.6%)	$142,700 → $185,900 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $882 (+15.6%)	$791 → $729 (-7.8%)

Laceyville

Population

410373

Median household income

$47,500$68,500

Median home value

$113,000$125,000

Median gross rent

$763$882

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)

	Laceyville	Nicholson
Under 5	2.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.3%	23.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.9%
75 and over	4.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laceyville	Nicholson
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
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	0.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laceyville	Nicholson
No high school diploma	24.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laceyville	Nicholson
Drove alone	81.2%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	1.2%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laceyville	Nicholson
1-unit, detached	52.1%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	33.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laceyville	Nicholson
Poverty rate	8.8%	19.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1965	1938