Nichols is a tiny town located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 224 people and two associated neighborhoods, Nichols is the 265th largest community in South Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Nichols is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 40.00% of the Nichols workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Nichols is a town of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Nichols who work in healthcare (12.86%), office and administrative support (8.57%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (7.14%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Nichols has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Nichols has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Nichols than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Nichols may be for you. One downside of living in Nichols is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Nichols, the average commute to work is 32.95 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Nichols is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Nichols isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.06% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. Nichols is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Nichols citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.29% of adults 25 and older in Nichols have a college degree. The per capita income in Nichols in 2022 was $23,940, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,760 for a family of four. Nichols is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Nichols home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Nichols residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Nichols include Portuguese, Irish, German, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Nichols is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and African languages.
