Nicholson, Pennsylvania.
. Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$793 (+111%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Pennsylvania$1,507
- United States$1,922
Living in Nicholson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Nicholson is a borough of 696 people in Susquehanna County. 79% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 21% are rented. Unemployment in Susquehanna County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 4.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Nicholson is a small borough in Susquehanna County, and most of its homes are lived in by their owners. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are mild and pleasant, warmest in July. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree here than in many places, and a good share of households live on tight budgets.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with manufacturing, restaurants and hotels, and professional and business services also employing many. Across Susquehanna County, some of the largest workplaces are Montrose Area Schools, Blue Ridge Schools and Endless Mountains Health Systems, a critical access hospital. The county has lost some jobs over the past year, and the typical commute is a long one, so many people travel some distance to work.
Things to do. Utley Brook and Willow Brook run in or beside town, and East Branch Tunkhannock Creek is a short drive away. Lackawanna State Park, a protected area, and Lackawanna State Forest are both a short drive from town, with woods and water to explore. Steamtown National Historic Site, a protected area devoted to railroad history, is a longer drive away.
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- 263households
- 21%of adults have a degree
- 22%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 6%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Susquehanna County had 8,584 jobs in 2025, 4.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 12°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 56°. About 83 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Montrose weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Susquehanna County
- Montrose Area SDSchool district212FTE
- Blue Ridge SDSchool district171FTE
- Endless Mountains Health SystemsCritical access hospital167FTE
- Priority Healthcare GroupNursing homes165
- Elk Lake SDSchool district163FTE
- Mountain View SDSchool district157FTE
- Forest City Regional SDSchool district129FTE
- Barnes-kasson County HospitalCritical access hospital125FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 14 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 697 people in all across the county; Nicholson has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nicholson’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Susquehanna County and the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA metro.
Nicholson home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Nicholson11
Zip codes with a Nicholson address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Nicholson — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.