Reserve vs Wallace

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

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

Reserve has the higher population (7,471 vs 1,383 in Wallace). Wallace has the higher median household income ($98,750 vs $60,509 in Reserve). Wallace has the higher median home value ($206,900 vs $160,400 in Reserve).

Population, income & housing

	Reserve	Wallace
Population	7,471	1,383
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,509	$98,750
Median home value	$160,400	$206,900
Median gross rent	$1,201	—
Housing units	3,620	457
Homeownership rate	74.1%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	15.5%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Reserve	Wallace
Population	8,611 → 7,471 (-13.2%)	1,263 → 1,383 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$42,120 → $60,509 (+43.7%)	$62,083 → $98,750 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$121,500 → $160,400 (+32.0%)	$169,300 → $206,900 (+22.2%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $1,201 (+79.3%)	$1,045 → $666 (-36.3%)

Reserve

Population

8,6117,471

Median household income

$42,120$60,509

Median home value

$121,500$160,400

Median gross rent

$670$1,201

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)

	Reserve	Wallace
Under 5	3.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	16.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	8.2%
65 to 74	10.6%	2.2%
75 and over	4.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Reserve	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	23.3%	0.7%
Black or African American	64.2%	91.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Reserve	Wallace
No high school diploma	15.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	52.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Reserve	Wallace
Drove alone	91.5%	92.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	3.5%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	3.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Reserve	Wallace
1-unit, detached	74.5%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	26.5%

Poverty & households

	Reserve	Wallace
Poverty rate	13.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.80	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1977	1990