Shreveport, LA — Momentum Score, Home Values & Best-For

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Caddo Parish · Shreveport-Bossier City · population 176,578

AffordabilityShrinking
Shreveport, LA
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48
Stable
Momentum score · 0–100

Where Shreveport stands

Population shrinking 1.5% per year.

Median home $146,463
1-year -1.2%
5-yr CAGR +1.0%
vs 5-yr peak -2.0%
Population -1.5%/yr

Home value trajectory · last 10 years

Zillow ZHVI · monthly
peak 2025-02$146k$111k$126k$141k$155k201620182020202220242026

Lifestyle scores

🚶
Walkability
40/100
Car-dependent
Estimated from population density. Higher = denser, more amenities within walking distance.
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Public transit
30/100
Minimal transit
Curated list of major US transit systems + population-based estimate. Higher = real subway/rail/bus options.
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Remote work fit
60/100
Workable for remote workers
Composite of city size, housing cost, state tax structure, and region's remote-work track record.

Scores are heuristic estimates from population density, state, and known transit/walkable cities. Not based on a paid Walk Score / Transit Score API — see methodology for the formula.

Rent trajectory · last 5 years

Zillow ZORI · monthly
$1,147/mo$856$1,038$1,220202220242026

Home value vs rent · indexed to 100

Both rebased at first month of ZORI data (~2015)
Home valueRent105126100120202220242026

Rent vs buy

Price-to-rent ratio: 10.6
Buy

At a 10.6 price-to-rent ratio, buying generally beats renting in Shreveport on a long-enough horizon. The headline math is that one year of mortgage payments approximates 10.6 years of rent — well below the 15+ threshold where ownership starts to dominate.

How the momentum score breaks down

methodology →
Home YoY
44 · w22%
Home 5-yr CAGR
41 · w22%
Distance from peak
78 · w18%
Population growth
22 · w16%
Rent YoY
63 · w12%
Home 10-yr CAGR
38 · w10%
Long thesis

Shreveport has held up across the cycle: home values at $146,463 with +1.0% 5-year CAGR. The bull case is structural — population, location, employer base — and holds even if next year's print is soft.

Short thesis

Shreveport's population is shrinking 1.5% per year. Housing demand has to come from somewhere — if people are leaving, the buyer pool is shrinking faster than the inventory. That eventually shows up in price.

About Shreveport

Shreveport is a city in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, with an estimated population of 176,578. It anchors the Shreveport-Bossier City metro area. The population has contracted 1.5% per year on average since 2020. The median home value in Shreveport is $146,463 as of 2026-04, down 1.2% over the last 12 months. Over the last five years, home values have averaged +1.0% annual growth (-2.0% from the 5-year peak). Rents in Shreveport average $1,147 per month, roughly flat year-over-year (+2.7%). The composite momentum score is 48 of 100 (Stable). Conditions are neither hot nor cold, so the local fit matters more than market timing.

▲ Bull case

●Held the highs: currently -2.0% from the 5-year peak — this market refused to give back gains.
●Cheap entry point: $146,463 median home is well below the US median of $355k — room to grow without overpaying.

▼ Bear case

●Net out-migration: population shrinking 1.5% per year — services, schools, and tax base will follow.
●Stagnant long-run trend: +1.7% 10-year CAGR plus flat population — appreciation case is weak.

About Shreveport (Wikipedia)

Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third-most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River into neighboring Bossier Parish. The 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 187,593, while the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area had a population of 393,406.

Source: Wikipedia · this summary is contributed and licensed under CC-BY-SA.

City facts

MayorTom Arceneaux (R)
Area123.84 sq mi
Elevation236 ft
Established1836
Density1734.64/sq mi
Named forCaptain Henry Miller Shreve

Extracted from the Wikipedia infobox. Values may be slightly out of date relative to the latest sources.

Playbook

Buyer

Lifestyle fit matters more than market timing in a Stable market. Take your time on the home and neighborhood; the macro trend isn't urgent. Negotiate normally.

Seller

Price competitively from day one or risk a 60+ day listing. Staging, photography, and presentation matter more in Stable markets than in Hot ones.

Investor

Stable cap rates, no big appreciation story to lean on. Underwrite this as a pure cash-flow play — the math has to work on rent alone.

Local safety & alerts

No active National Weather Service alerts for Caddo Parish right now.

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Public-safety links are official .gov sources, not curated by us. Caddo Parish routes NWS alerts; check the state EM portal for non-weather emergencies.

Neighborhoods of Shreveport

17 tracked · ranked by median home value
1Ellerbe Woods$432,796+3.5%
2Springlake, University Terrace$238,241+0.8%
3Airport, Pines Road$199,591-0.8%
4Western Hills and Yarborough$193,189-1.4%
5Broadmoor, Anderson Island, Shreve Isle.$181,554-0.7%
6Hyde Park Brookwood, Southern Hills$179,688-0.5%
7Jenkins, Pinecroft Subdivision$161,716-0.3%
8North Highlands$118,427-1.2%
9Caddo Heights, South Highlands$116,050-3.2%
10Highland, Stoner Hill$87,241-10.5%
11Country Club Hills, Lakeshore Shopping$78,872+3.0%
12Martin Luther King Dr. Area$55,445+9.5%
13Sunset Arcre, Garden Valley, Morningside$46,990-1.3%
14Ceder Grove, Lynbrook$42,147-2.2%
15Queensborough$35,137-3.3%
16Mooretown and Hollywood Heights$34,770-3.0%
17Allendale, Lakeside$31,878-14.1%

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Run the numbers for Shreveport

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Sources: Zillow ZHVI (home values), Zillow ZORI (rents), US Census ACS + place population. Updated when source agencies publish revisions.

Climate & natural-disaster risk

Winter (Jan)
61° / 43°
avg high / low
Summer (Jul)
91° / 74°
avg high / low
Sunny days/yr
217
~59% of year
Annual precip
60″ rain
0″ snow
Disaster risk (1=very low, 5=very high)
Hurricane
Very high
Tornado
Moderate
Wildfire
Very low
Earthquake
Very low
Flood
Very high

State-level averages from NOAA Climate Normals (1991-2020) and FEMA National Risk Index. City-level conditions can vary significantly within a state.

Current weather

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Find rentals & listings

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Local news & community

Updated 2026-05-21 from Google News + Reddit RSS. Headlines link to original sources.

Local sports teams

Major professional teams the Shreveport-Bossier City area cheers for. Detailed stats, schedules, and player pages on intherafters.com.

Local economy & environment

Humidity
75%
Very humid climate
Median household income
$57,800
Louisiana state median
Top industries (state-level)
Oil & GasTourismShipping/Petrochemicals

Humidity is annual average relative humidity (NOAA). Income is Census ACS 5-year estimate. Industries are largest employment sectors statewide (BLS); the local mix in a given city may vary.

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