Best PlacesShreveport, LA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Shreveport metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Shreveport ranks 375th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. It ranks low mainly on state infrastructure and crime. It does better on a stable housing market, which keeps it off the bottom.
The best neighborhoods in the Shreveport metro
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.
The best areas in Shreveport
The towns and districts of the Shreveport metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
Mansfield
Local pay stretches further, more adults hold degrees, and it is quieter.
Bossier City & Haughton
Fewer homes sit empty and crime runs lower.
Keithville, Stonewall & Greenwood
Tree cover is thicker and more residents vote.
Downtown Shreveport
Biking is better and streets are more walkable.
Blanchard, Vivian & Mooringsport
Incomes run lower and schools score lower.
Shreveport shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 1% of the country and others in the top 4%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Shreveport's strengths and weaknesses
Shreveport ranks near the bottom because several of the basics fall short at once. A stable housing market, low property taxes, and affordable childcare carry most of that.
The weak spots are broad rather than narrow: state infrastructure, crime, and car insurance costs all drag on the score. Those are area averages, and the map below shows which parts run well above them.
Where Shreveport ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 92% of metro areas
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of metro areas
- Cheap childcare$732 a month, better than 74% of metro areas
- Short commute21.7 minutes each way, better than 69% of metro areas
- Disaster safetyBetter than 65% of metro areas
Where Shreveport ranks low
- State infrastructureBetter than only 1% of metro areas
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of metro areas
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 4% of metro areas
- Health outlookBetter than only 5% of metro areas
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Shreveport
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Shreveport home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,007, 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 Shreveport's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Shreveport
Shreveport's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Shreveport.
Who works in Shreveport, and how
Work in Shreveport centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Shreveport
Shreveport has less late-night activity than most metro areas. That concentrates in some parts of Shreveport and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Shreveport growing, and who is moving in?
Shreveport has lost about 5% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Dallas, TX.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Shreveport go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Shreveport, month by month
Shreveport sees roughly 84 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 Shreveport
The nearest airport, Shreveport Regional, is about 3 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Dallas Love Field, about 181 miles away.
The best schools in and around Shreveport
Schools across Shreveport average a C, better than 27% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- South Highlands Elementary Magnet SchoolA+ · 87% proficient
- Eden Gardens Fundamental Elementary SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Fairfield Magnet SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
Top middle schools
- Caddo Parish Middle Magnet SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- North Desoto Middle School 6-8A− · 58% proficient
- Benton Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Caddo Parish Magnet High SchoolA+ · 85% proficient
- Benton High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- North Desoto High SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Shreveport school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
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 Shreveport against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Shreveport suits
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Shreveport
Is Shreveport a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Shreveport ranks 375th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and affordable childcare, and lowest on state infrastructure and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Shreveport expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $199,336. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $65,007 median income, cost of living beats 10% of metro areas.
Is Shreveport safe?
Shreveport is safer than 2% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $735 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Shreveport?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 61 with lows near 38. That works out to about 84 pleasant days a year, more than 44% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Shreveport?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Mansfield, Bossier City & Haughton, and Keithville, Stonewall & Greenwood. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Shreveport good for families?
Schools beat 27% of metro areas, crime safety beats 2%, and childcare runs $732 a month.
Is Shreveport good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 10% of metro areas, though advertised internet speeds beat only 60% of metro areas. About 8% of workers already work from home.
Compare Shreveport with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Shreveport. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 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.
Shreveport detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Shreveport: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Shreveport: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Shreveport: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Shreveport: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.