Best PlacesCaddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport ranks 3,629th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and state infrastructure ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport's strengths and weaknesses
Where Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Short commute15.2 minutes each way, better than 97% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$732 a month, better than 93% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
Where Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $80,291, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport.
Who works in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport, and how
Work in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport has more parkland per resident than 89% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport, month by month
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 61, with lows near 38. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61° | 48° | 38° |
| April | 80° | 67° | 55° |
| July | 96° | 84° | 75° |
| October | 83° | 69° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 4 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 182 miles away.
The best schools in and around Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport
Schools across Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport average a C+, better than 57% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- South Highlands Elementary Magnet SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Broadmoor Stem AcademyF · 9% proficient
- Creswell Elementary SchoolF · 9% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caddo Parish Middle Magnet SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
Top high schools
- C.e. Byrd High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Woodlawn Leadership AcademyF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport
Is Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport ranks 3,629th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, short commutes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on state infrastructure and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $223,907. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $80,291 median income, cost of living beats 75% of neighborhoods.
Is Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport safe?
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport is safer than 21% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $858 per resident a year.
Compare Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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