Point Baker vs Wallace

A side-by-side comparison of Point Baker and Wallace: population, income, housing, and more.

Point Baker and Wallace are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wallace has the higher population (3,965 vs 3,757 in Point Baker). Wallace has the higher median household income ($115,216 vs $61,442 in Point Baker). Wallace has the higher median home value ($377,600 vs $207,600 in Point Baker).

Population, income & housing

	Point Baker	Wallace
Population	3,757	3,965
Median age	31.9 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,442	$115,216
Median home value	$207,600	$377,600
Median gross rent	$1,028	$1,394
Housing units	1,470	1,353
Homeownership rate	64.5%	93.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	12.0%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Baker	Wallace
Population	3,441 → 3,757 (+9.2%)	2,467 → 3,965 (+60.7%)
Median household income	$66,280 → $61,442 (-7.3%)	$90,139 → $115,216 (+27.8%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $207,600 (+101.6%)	$292,900 → $377,600 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,028 (+31.8%)	—

Point Baker

Population

3,4413,757

Median household income

$66,280$61,442

Median home value

$103,000$207,600

Median gross rent

$780$1,028

Wallace

Population

2,4673,965

Median household income

$90,139$115,216

Median home value

$292,900$377,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Point Baker	Wallace
Under 5	4.6%	11.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	25.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.5%
75 and over	5.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Baker	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	71.9%
Black or African American	4.8%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	15.5%	16.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Baker	Wallace
No high school diploma	3.5%	0.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	33.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Baker	Wallace
Drove alone	72.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	12.2%
Other means	0.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Baker	Wallace
1-unit, detached	63.6%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Point Baker	Wallace
Poverty rate	20.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	42
Median year structure built	1991	2011