Jonesville vs Sicily Island

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

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

Jonesville has the higher population (1,425 vs 513 in Sicily Island). Jonesville has the higher median household income ($32,639 vs $26,563 in Sicily Island). Jonesville has the higher median home value ($80,600 vs $55,300 in Sicily Island).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
Population	1,425	513
Median age	51.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,639	$26,563
Median home value	$80,600	$55,300
Median gross rent	$1,061	$706
Housing units	981	261
Homeownership rate	70.2%	62.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	18.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
Population	1,691 → 1,425 (-15.7%)	482 → 513 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$25,486 → $32,639 (+28.1%)	$19,444 → $26,563 (+36.6%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $80,600 (+18.2%)	$77,000 → $55,300 (-28.2%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $1,061 (+120.6%)	$510 → $706 (+38.4%)

Jonesville

Population

1,6911,425

Median household income

$25,486$32,639

Median home value

$68,200$80,600

Median gross rent

$481$1,061

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)

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
Under 5	4.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.9%	7.2%
45 to 54	16.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	14.9%	11.3%
75 and over	11.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	29.0%
Black or African American	71.6%	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	1.5%	8.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
No high school diploma	29.7%	24.2%
High school graduate	29.3%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	6.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
Drove alone	81.7%	84.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	5.5%	8.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
1-unit, detached	59.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.4%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	28.4%

Poverty & households

	Jonesville	Sicily Island
Poverty rate	35.8%	50.7%
Average household size	2.09	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1975	1976