The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Nichols has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Nichols a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Nichols, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.95 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
Being a small town, Nichols does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Nichols is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.29% of adults 25 and older in Nichols have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
