Jonesville vs Wallace Ridge

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

Jonesville and Wallace Ridge 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 660 in Wallace Ridge). Wallace Ridge has the higher median household income ($61,136 vs $32,639 in Jonesville). Wallace Ridge has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $80,600 in Jonesville).

Population, income & housing

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
Population	1,425	660
Median age	51.0 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$32,639	$61,136
Median home value	$80,600	$159,400
Median gross rent	$1,061	—
Housing units	981	292
Homeownership rate	70.2%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
Population	1,691 → 1,425 (-15.7%)	936 → 660 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$25,486 → $32,639 (+28.1%)	$73,824 → $61,136 (-17.2%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $80,600 (+18.2%)	$131,300 → $159,400 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$481 → $1,061 (+120.6%)	—

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

Wallace Ridge

Population

936660

Median household income

$73,824$61,136

Median home value

$131,300$159,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
Under 5	4.1%	12.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.4%	8.3%
65 to 74	14.9%	10.9%
75 and over	11.5%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	68.6%
Black or African American	71.6%	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	1.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
No high school diploma	29.7%	4.3%
High school graduate	29.3%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
Drove alone	81.7%	73.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
1-unit, detached	59.4%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.0%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Jonesville	Wallace Ridge
Poverty rate	35.8%	26.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1975	1977