Edgard vs Wallace

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

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

Edgard has the higher population (1,521 vs 1,383 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $66,966 in Edgard). Wallace has the higher median home value ($206,900 vs $173,000 in Edgard).

Population, income & housing

	Edgard	Wallace
Population	1,521	1,383
Median age	57.0 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,966	$98,750
Median home value	$173,000	$206,900
Housing units	815	457
Homeownership rate	98.7%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edgard	Wallace
Population	1,785 → 1,521 (-14.8%)	1,263 → 1,383 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$35,573 → $66,966 (+88.2%)	$62,083 → $98,750 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $173,000 (+77.1%)	$169,300 → $206,900 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $718 (-0.1%)	$1,045 → $666 (-36.3%)

Edgard

Population

1,7851,521

Median household income

$35,573$66,966

Median home value

$97,700$173,000

Median gross rent

$719$718

Wallace

Population

1,2631,383

Median household income

$62,083$98,750

Median home value

$169,300$206,900

Median gross rent

$1,045$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edgard	Wallace
Under 5	2.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	16.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	5.6%	14.3%
55 to 64	24.2%	8.2%
65 to 74	16.4%	2.2%
75 and over	14.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edgard	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	0.7%
Black or African American	89.5%	91.9%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edgard	Wallace
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.8%
High school graduate	21.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edgard	Wallace
Drove alone	89.4%	92.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edgard	Wallace
1-unit, detached	83.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Edgard	Wallace
Poverty rate	12.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.49	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1984	1990