Metro Life Score
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
Top-10% composite Life Score — grade A, 93rd percentile of the national corpus.
- 62.7
- Life Score / 100
- A
- Grade (curved)
- #26
- of 387 metros
- 93%
- composite percentile
Data updated August 2026
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The verdict
Shreveport-Bossier City is top-10% composite Life Score — #26 of 387 (62.7/100, grade A, 93rd percentile). Carried by cost of living at 98/100; held back most by wages at 11/100.
- 93rd
- composite percentile
- #26
- of 387 peers
- 98th
- cost dimension percentile
- 11th
- wages dimension percentile
Life Score shape · TOP · COST-LED · signature cost
Shreveport-Bossier City: affordability leads the Life Score story
Shreveport-Bossier City is a TOP-band metro whose cost dimension sits at the 98th percentile of 387 US metros (FLOOR) while composite is #26 (62.7/100, grade A). Cost of Living at 98/100 carries the upside; Wages at 11/100 is the residual drag. According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ranks #26 of 387 metros by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #7 of 387 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.
BEA RPP 84.8 (rent-RPP 52.3). BLS median salary $57,379, 154,880 jobs (Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand). HUD 2BR FMR $1,111/mo (studio $870).
FBI UCR (LA): 410 violent, 1773 property/100K. NCES: 16.8:1 ratio, 11.3% charter. DOL infant childcare $7,396/yr. EPA: 29 Superfund sites (LA).
Where Shreveport-Bossier City sits among all US metros
Composite Life Score vs the national field
63 Top 7% higher than 93% of 387 US metros
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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · August 2026
Dimension detail
How Shreveport-Bossier City scores, dimension by dimension
Score Breakdown
Dimension Scores
Key Data Points
Geography used: crime, schools, childcare, and environment cards above are LA state-level when metro-specific feeds are unavailable, see the scope key at the top of this page.
Compare Shreveport-Bossier City With...
Ranking Context
Shreveport-Bossier City outranks 93% of U.S. metros.
| Rank | Metro | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| #23 | Bowling Green, KY | 62.8 | A |
| #24 | Hattiesburg, MS | 62.9 | A |
| #25 | Dubuque, IA | 62.9 | A |
| #26 | Shreveport-Bossier City, LA | 62.7 | A |
| #27 | Duluth, MN-WI | 62.7 | A |
| #28 | Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 62.4 | A |
| #29 | Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 62.2 | A |
LA Metro Scores
Read with Shreveport-Bossier City
Nearest composite peers and cost poles for Shreveport-Bossier City (TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW), replacing the fixed Explore/Guides strip.
Duluth, MN-WI
ABS(composite) peer at 62.7 (Δ 0.0 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Bowling Green, KY
ABS(composite) peer at 62.8 (Δ 0.1 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Dubuque, IA
ABS(composite) peer at 62.9 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Hattiesburg, MS
ABS(composite) peer at 62.9 (Δ 0.2 vs this metro); higher Life Score · grade A vs this page's TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW.
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 98/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Hammond, LA (cost pole)
ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 99/100 (Δ 0); cost stamp FLOOR vs this metro's FLOOR.
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA relocation guide
Stamp-branched guide for TOP · COST-LED · FLOOR/LOW - how to read federal Life Score inputs before a move.