Shreveport, LA
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Shreveport ranks 273rd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 287th for income. A household earns $57,514 a year while median rent runs $990/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 15% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is cost of living (4th of 300), while household income is the soft spot (287th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 38th and home prices 27th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Shreveport, your take-home is worth about $70,121 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 287th of 300↑21.2%$57,514
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 4th of 30085 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $67,850
- Per-capita income
- $32,884
- Full-time pay
- $37,232
Housing
- Median rent
- 38th of 300↑16.2%$990/mo
- Home value
- 27th of 300↑21.7%$195,300
- Property tax
- $1,161/yr · 0.6%
- Sales tax
- 10.12%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 269th of 3006.3%
- Bachelor's+
- 234th of 30026.7%
- Avg commute
- 75th of 30022.1 min
People
- Population
- 383,269
- Population change
- -2.9%
- Median age
- 39.0 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 3.7%
- Broadband
- 89.2%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 234th of 30051
- Natural-hazard loss
- 109th of 300$11/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 280th of 30024.6%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 8.9%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Commute
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Education
- – Air quality
- – Health
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — shreveport.
What jobs pay in Shreveport
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $220,580
- Pharmacists
- $137,970
- IT managers
- $128,940
- Financial managers
- $115,080
- Lawyers
- $98,900
- General & operations managers
- $98,610
- Civil engineers
- $98,550
- Software developers
- $96,680
- Registered nurses
- $80,080
- Accountants & auditors
- $70,420
- Secondary school teachers
- $62,040
- Elementary school teachers
- $61,850
- Electricians
- $60,830
- Police officers
- $60,130
- Plumbers
- $59,720
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $49,360
- Carpenters
- $46,920
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $46,320
- Construction laborers
- $38,480
- Customer service reps
- $36,440
- Retail salespersons
- $28,990
- Janitors
- $26,370
- Cashiers
- $25,760
- Waiters & waitresses
- $15,080
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Shreveport metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Louisiana are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Texas3,659
- Florida618
- Mississippi569
- Arkansas547
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Shreveport metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Shreveport metro?
- Median gross rent across the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area is $990 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Shreveport.
- What is the median household income in the Shreveport metro?
- A typical household in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area earns $57,514 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Shreveport expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area runs about 15% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Shreveport metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $67,850 (versus its face value of $57,514). CityLedger rates the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Shreveport metro?
- The median home value across the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area is $195,300 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Shreveport metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area is 6.3% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).