Harrisonburg vs Wallace Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Harrisonburg and Wallace Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wallace Ridge has the higher population (660 vs 317 in Harrisonburg). Wallace Ridge has the higher median household income ($61,136 vs $30,694 in Harrisonburg). Wallace Ridge has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $77,300 in Harrisonburg).

Population, income & housing

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
Population	317	660
Median age	42.6 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$30,694	$61,136
Median home value	$77,300	$159,400
Median gross rent	$704	—
Housing units	201	292
Homeownership rate	71.9%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
Population	297 → 317 (+6.7%)	936 → 660 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$26,146 → $30,694 (+17.4%)	$73,824 → $61,136 (-17.2%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $77,300 (-9.1%)	$131,300 → $159,400 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$282 → $704 (+149.6%)	—

Harrisonburg

Population

297317

Median household income

$26,146$30,694

Median home value

$85,000$77,300

Median gross rent

$282$704

Wallace Ridge

Population

936660

Median household income

$73,824$61,136

Median home value

$131,300$159,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
Under 5	4.1%	12.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	8.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.9%
75 and over	11.7%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	68.6%
Black or African American	13.2%	31.4%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
No high school diploma	27.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	36.1%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
Drove alone	87.6%	73.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
1-unit, detached	71.1%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.9%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Harrisonburg	Wallace Ridge
Poverty rate	24.9%	26.4%
Average household size	1.94	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1972	1977