What salary do you need to live in Shreveport, LA?

Shreveport housing costs at a glance

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro at $845 for a one-bedroom, $980 for a two-bedroom and $1,198 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $135 a month, and the third bedroom another $218.

Homeowners in Shreveport report a median home value of $191,600. That is only 3.4× the area's median household income of $55,925, a low ratio by national standards.

The Regional Price Parity, BEA's index of local prices with the US at 100, is 84.8 here. Below 100 means a paycheck stretches further: $100,000 in Shreveport has the buying power of roughly $117,972 at national average prices.

The salary lines for a two-bedroom in Shreveport

For two bedrooms, $87,000 is where Shreveport turns Comfortable. Below that, $43,000 marks the start of Okay and $19,000 the start of Tight; under $19,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 14% of gross pay.

Royal, the top band, starts at $224,000. At that income rent is 5% of pay and the median home 0.9× income.

These lines come straight from the calculator's formula: the income is raised until the two-bedroom score crosses each cutoff, then rounded up to the next $1,000.

Shreveport at four common salaries

On $75,000, a one-bedroom scores 63 and a three-bedroom 58, both Okay; the extra bedrooms cost points but not a grade.

Of the four salaries, $100,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $75,000 still lands at Okay.

Shreveport compared with every US metro

On price level Shreveport is 381st of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 312th, and on median home value 320th. Rent and overall prices don't line up exactly, with prices in the bottom 10% and rent in the bottom quarter.

Next to Shreveport on the national rent ranking: Binghamton, NY ($982) and Bowling Green, KY ($976).

Comparing Shreveport with Louisiana

Compared with Louisiana as a whole, two-bedroom rent in Shreveport is 7% lower ($980 vs. $1,055) and the median home is 12% lower ($191,600 vs. $216,500).

Run Louisiana's statewide medians through the same score and Comfortable begins at $103,000; Shreveport's line is −16% from that.

The nearest matches in Louisiana, judged on rent and price parity together, are Hammond, LA, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, and Lafayette, LA.

Does the typical Shreveport income clear the bar?

What about a typical local household? Census puts median household income here at $55,925, which grades Okay (53) for a two-bedroom at the median rent. Reaching Comfortable would take $31,075 more than the median household earns. For Louisiana as a whole, the median household income of $60,756 scores 50 against statewide rents. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.