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Population (year 2000): 713. Estimated
population in July 2005: 680 (-4.6% change)
Males: 347 (48.7%), Females: 366 (51.3%)
Wyoming County
Zip code:
18446
Median resident age: 37.1 years
Median household income: $33,603 (year 2000)
Median house value: $83,800 (year 2000)
Races in Nicholson:
- White Non-Hispanic (98.9%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (24.4%), English (18.5%),
Polish (13.2%), Welsh (10.2%), Irish (8.8%), Italian (6.6%).
Elevation: 780 feet
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nicholson
- High school or higher: 82.6%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.6%
- Unemployed: 9.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 28.7 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nicholson borough
- Never married: 18.9%
- Now married: 62.5%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 8.0%
- Divorced: 8.2%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -146 (-17.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Nicholson:
- CLARKS SUMMIT STATE HOSP (about 11 miles; CLARKS
SUMMIT, PA)
- TYLER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
TUNKHANNOCK, PA)
- ALLIED SERVICES INST OF REHAB MEDICINE (about 16
miles; SCRANTON, PA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nicholson:
- WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL (about 21 miles;
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON, PA; ID: AVP)
- GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FIELD (about 42
miles; BINGHAMTON, NY; ID: BGM)
- SULLIVAN COUNTY INTL (about 70 miles; MONTICELLO,
NY; ID: MSV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nicholson:
- SEAMANS FIELD (about 4 miles; FACTORYVILLE, PA; ID:
9N3)
- SKYHAVEN (about 13 miles; TUNKHANNOCK, PA; ID: 76N)
- WILKES-BARRE WYOMING VALLEY (about 24 miles;
WILKES-BARRE, PA; ID: WBW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nicholson:
- MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY (about 17 miles; SCRANTON, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,203)
- UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON (about 18 miles; SCRANTON,
PA; FT enrollment: 4,093)
- WILKES UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; WILKES BARRE, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,438)
- LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles;
NANTICOKE, PA; FT enrollment: 3,582)
- SUNY AT BINGHAMTON (about 34 miles; BINGHAMTON, NY;
FT enrollment: 11,498)
- BROOME COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles;
BINGHAMTON, NY; FT enrollment: 4,081)
- EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about
59 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
Library in Nicholson:
- NICHOLSON AREA LIBRARY (Operating income:
$4,140; Location: 48 MAIN ST, P O BOX 328; 4,257 books)
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