Daviston vs Nichols

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

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

Daviston has the higher population (263 vs 195 in Nichols). Daviston has the higher median home value ($107,700 vs $72,500 in Nichols). Since 2019, Nichols's population has grown faster (-30.6% vs -41.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Daviston	Nichols
Population	263	195
Median age	64.1 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$46,471
Median home value	$107,700	$72,500
Housing units	173	165
Homeownership rate	49.1%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daviston	Nichols
Population	446 → 263 (-41.0%)	281 → 195 (-30.6%)
Median household income	$20,393 → $14,485 (-29.0%)	$40,417 → $46,471 (+15.0%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $107,700 (-5.8%)	$104,200 → $72,500 (-30.4%)

Daviston

Population

446263

Median household income

$20,393$14,485

Median home value

$114,300$107,700

Nichols

Population

281195

Median household income

$40,417$46,471

Median home value

$104,200$72,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daviston	Nichols
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	0.8%	6.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	4.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	27.7%
55 to 64	30.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	28.5%	14.4%
75 and over	3.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daviston	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	61.0%
Black or African American	72.6%	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+

	Daviston	Nichols
No high school diploma	50.2%	18.7%
High school graduate	44.6%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	4.3%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daviston	Nichols
Drove alone	74.8%	97.9%
Carpooled	18.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	7.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daviston	Nichols
1-unit, detached	6.9%	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	93.1%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Daviston	Nichols
Poverty rate	41.8%	17.4%
Average household size	1.52	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1994	1964