Centenary vs Nichols

A side-by-side comparison of Centenary and Nichols: population, income, housing, and more.

Centenary and Nichols are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Centenary has the higher population (453 vs 195 in Nichols). Nichols has the higher median household income ($46,471 vs $13,313 in Centenary). Centenary has the higher median home value ($168,100 vs $72,500 in Nichols).

Population, income & housing

	Centenary	Nichols
Population	453	195
Median age	40.3 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$13,313	$46,471
Median home value	$168,100	$72,500
Housing units	190	165
Homeownership rate	45.8%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centenary	Nichols
Population	591 → 453 (-23.4%)	281 → 195 (-30.6%)
Median household income	—	$40,417 → $46,471 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$117,900 → $168,100 (+42.6%)	$104,200 → $72,500 (-30.4%)

Centenary

Population

591453

Median home value

$117,900$168,100

Nichols

Population

281195

Median household income

$40,417$46,471

Median home value

$104,200$72,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centenary	Nichols
Under 5	4.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	32.0%	6.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	3.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	19.0%	27.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	3.5%	14.4%
75 and over	9.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centenary	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	61.0%
Black or African American	75.3%	27.7%
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	0.0%	9.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centenary	Nichols
No high school diploma	24.9%	18.7%
High school graduate	51.3%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centenary	Nichols
Drove alone	74.8%	97.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	2.1%
Other means	9.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centenary	Nichols
1-unit, detached	66.3%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.7%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Centenary	Nichols
Poverty rate	62.9%	17.4%
Average household size	2.70	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1975	1964