Pleasure Bend vs Wallace

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (1,383 vs 271 in Pleasure Bend). Since 2019, Wallace's population has grown faster (+9.5% vs -5.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
Population	271	1,383
Median age	52.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$98,750
Median home value	—	$206,900
Housing units	159	457
Homeownership rate	100.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
Population	287 → 271 (-5.6%)	1,263 → 1,383 (+9.5%)
Median household income	—	$62,083 → $98,750 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $163,900 (+67.1%)	$169,300 → $206,900 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,045 → $666 (-36.3%)

Pleasure Bend

Population

287271

Median home value

$98,100$163,900

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)

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
Under 5	3.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	27.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.5%
25 to 34	4.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	27.7%	14.3%
55 to 64	0.0%	8.2%
65 to 74	28.0%	2.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	0.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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+

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.8%
High school graduate	26.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	59.6%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
Drove alone	83.0%	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	17.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
1-unit, detached	66.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	34.0%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Pleasure Bend	Wallace
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.1%
Average household size	3.93	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1988	1990