Sicily Island vs Wallace Ridge

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

Sicily Island 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 513 in Sicily Island). Wallace Ridge has the higher median household income ($61,136 vs $26,563 in Sicily Island). Wallace Ridge has the higher median home value ($159,400 vs $55,300 in Sicily Island).

Population, income & housing

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
Population	513	660
Median age	44.3 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$26,563	$61,136
Median home value	$55,300	$159,400
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	261	292
Homeownership rate	62.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
Population	482 → 513 (+6.4%)	936 → 660 (-29.5%)
Median household income	$19,444 → $26,563 (+36.6%)	$73,824 → $61,136 (-17.2%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $55,300 (-28.2%)	$131,300 → $159,400 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$510 → $706 (+38.4%)	—

Sicily Island

Population

482513

Median household income

$19,444$26,563

Median home value

$77,000$55,300

Median gross rent

$510$706

Wallace Ridge

Population

936660

Median household income

$73,824$61,136

Median home value

$131,300$159,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
Under 5	9.6%	12.9%
5 to 17	17.9%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.9%
35 to 44	7.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.8%
55 to 64	17.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.9%
75 and over	9.6%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	29.0%	68.6%
Black or African American	57.9%	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	8.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
No high school diploma	24.2%	4.3%
High school graduate	51.6%	56.4%
Some college or associate's	6.1%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
Drove alone	84.0%	73.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	23.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	3.4%
Other means	8.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
1-unit, detached	61.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.4%	31.2%

Poverty & households

	Sicily Island	Wallace Ridge
Poverty rate	50.7%	26.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1976	1977