Nicholson is a city in Jackson County, Georgia, home to about 2,335 people across 4.0 square miles. Its ZIP code is 30565, and parts of 30530 are in Nicholson too.
Homes sold for a median of $174 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a seller’s market.
Mostly Nicholson
Part is in Nicholson, part in Commerce and Ila
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Nicholson. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)66 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK)53 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | Atlanta, GA62 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL583 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Nicholson; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Nicholson had 1,808 residents in the 2020 census, up 45% since 2000.
It’s the 273rd largest of 669 towns in Georgia by population.
Jackson County grew from 24,039 residents in 1900 to 75,907 in 2020.
Jackson County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 89°F in summer, and winter lows average 32°F. About 51.2 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 2 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Danielsville, GA weather station (7 miles away).
47,394 jobs at 1,673 businesses in Jackson County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
1 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Nicholson.
Nearest hospitals
Providers with an office here
| Mental health providers | 1 |
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Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Parks (1 nearby)
Libraries (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 1.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Commerce and Ila.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.