Garyville vs Wallace

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

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

Garyville has the higher population (2,216 vs 1,383 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $86,958 in Garyville). Wallace has the higher median home value ($206,900 vs $144,400 in Garyville).

Population, income & housing

	Garyville	Wallace
Population	2,216	1,383
Median age	42.6 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,958	$98,750
Median home value	$144,400	$206,900
Housing units	876	457
Homeownership rate	90.6%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garyville	Wallace
Population	2,155 → 2,216 (+2.8%)	1,263 → 1,383 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$63,386 → $86,958 (+37.2%)	$62,083 → $98,750 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$113,100 → $144,400 (+27.7%)	$169,300 → $206,900 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,045 → $666 (-36.3%)

Garyville

Population

2,1552,216

Median household income

$63,386$86,958

Median home value

$113,100$144,400

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)

	Garyville	Wallace
Under 5	2.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.5%
18 to 24	3.2%	16.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	20.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	8.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	2.2%
75 and over	5.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garyville	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	0.7%
Black or African American	53.5%	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	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garyville	Wallace
No high school diploma	28.7%	8.8%
High school graduate	43.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garyville	Wallace
Drove alone	91.7%	92.9%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garyville	Wallace
1-unit, detached	85.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.4%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Garyville	Wallace
Poverty rate	15.8%	6.1%
Average household size	3.01	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	32
Median year structure built	1975	1990