Harrisonburg vs Sicily Island

A side-by-side comparison of Harrisonburg and Sicily Island: population, income, housing, and more.

Harrisonburg and Sicily Island are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sicily Island has the higher population (513 vs 317 in Harrisonburg). Harrisonburg has the higher median household income ($30,694 vs $26,563 in Sicily Island). Harrisonburg has the higher median home value ($77,300 vs $55,300 in Sicily Island).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
Population	317	513
Median age	42.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,694	$26,563
Median home value	$77,300	$55,300
Median gross rent	$704	$706
Housing units	201	261
Homeownership rate	71.9%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
Population	297 → 317 (+6.7%)	482 → 513 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$26,146 → $30,694 (+17.4%)	$19,444 → $26,563 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $77,300 (-9.1%)	$77,000 → $55,300 (-28.2%)
Median gross rent	$282 → $704 (+149.6%)	$510 → $706 (+38.4%)

Harrisonburg

Population

297317

Median household income

$26,146$30,694

Median home value

$85,000$77,300

Median gross rent

$282$704

Sicily Island

Population

482513

Median household income

$19,444$26,563

Median home value

$77,000$55,300

Median gross rent

$510$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
Under 5	4.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.3%
75 and over	11.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	29.0%
Black or African American	13.2%	57.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
No high school diploma	27.0%	24.2%
High school graduate	36.1%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
Drove alone	87.6%	84.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
1-unit, detached	71.1%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Harrisonburg	Sicily Island
Poverty rate	24.9%	50.7%
Average household size	1.94	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1972	1976