Black Creek vs Nichols

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

Black Creek and Nichols are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Black Creek has the higher population (1,263 vs 278 in Nichols). Black Creek has the higher median household income ($63,894 vs $56,875 in Nichols). Black Creek has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $145,300 in Nichols).

Population, income & housing

	Black Creek	Nichols
Population	1,263	278
Median age	33.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,894	$56,875
Median home value	$173,800	$145,300
Median gross rent	$742	$883
Housing units	554	120
Homeownership rate	75.9%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	6.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Creek	Nichols
Population	1,236 → 1,263 (+2.2%)	253 → 278 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$55,313 → $63,894 (+15.5%)	$49,750 → $56,875 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $173,800 (+28.1%)	$76,800 → $145,300 (+89.2%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $742 (+22.4%)	$675 → $883 (+30.8%)

Black Creek

Population

1,2361,263

Median household income

$55,313$63,894

Median home value

$135,700$173,800

Median gross rent

$606$742

Nichols

Population

253278

Median household income

$49,750$56,875

Median home value

$76,800$145,300

Median gross rent

$675$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Creek	Nichols
Under 5	6.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	7.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.2%
75 and over	6.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Creek	Nichols
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Creek	Nichols
No high school diploma	4.4%	12.9%
High school graduate	46.1%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Creek	Nichols
Drove alone	78.3%	97.8%
Carpooled	14.3%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	1.4%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Creek	Nichols
1-unit, detached	72.9%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Black Creek	Nichols
Poverty rate	5.6%	13.7%
Average household size	2.29	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1971	1962