Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Nichols is worth considering.
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 32.55 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. 97.92% 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.
Being a small town, Nichols does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
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. 18.71% of adults 25 and older in Nichols have a college degree.
The per capita income in Nichols in 2022 was $26,490, which is middle income relative to South Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,960 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, English, German, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Nichols is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Spanish.
