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Metro Life Score

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

62.9
Life Score / 100
A
Grade (curved)
#29
of 387 metros
93%
of metros outranked

Data updated May 2026

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The verdict

Shreveport ranks #29 of 387 US metros, ahead of 93% - carried by its cost of living (98/100) and held back most by wages (9/100).

98
strongest: Cost of Living
91
then: Schools
9
weakest: Wages
7
weighted dimensions

Where Shreveport sits among all US metros

Composite Life Score vs the national field

63 Top 7% higher than 93% of 387 US metros

25–30: 1 US metros (0%). Below this entry. 30–35: 16 US metros (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 46 US metros (12%). Below this entry. 40–45: 53 US metros (14%). Below this entry. 45–50: 81 US metros (21%). Below this entry. 50–55: 67 US metros (17%). Below this entry. 55–60: 68 US metros (18%). Below this entry. 60–65: 40 US metros (10%). This entry sits in this band. 65–70: 12 US metros (3%). Above this entry. 70–75: 3 US metros (1%). Above this entry. This metro 25 75 every US metro, bucketed by value

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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data · May 2026

How the score is built

Reading the Shreveport Life Score

Shreveport's composite score of 62.9 out of 100, a grade of A, places the metro at rank #29 of 387, ahead of 93% of US metros. The strongest inputs are Cost of Living (98/100) and Schools (91/100), which pull the composite upward, while Wages (9/100) and Safety (26/100) drag it downward. (How the weighting works.)

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). Ranks #26-#32 below.

Dimension detail

How Shreveport scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 98/100 (20%)
Wages 9/100 (20%)
Rent 78/100 (15%)
Safety 26/100 (15%)
Schools 91/100 (10%)
Childcare 84/100 (10%)
Environment 83/100 (10%)

Key Data Points

84.8
Cost Index (RPP)
$57,379
Avg Median Salary
$1,111
2BR Fair Market Rent
410
Violent Crime/100K (LA)
16.8:1
Student-Teacher Ratio
$7,396
Infant Childcare/yr (LA)
29
Superfund Sites (LA)
154,880
Total Employment

Crime, schools, childcare, and environment data shown at state level where metro-specific data is unavailable.

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Ranking Context

Shreveport outranks 93% of U.S. metros.

Rank Metro Score Grade
#26 Pocatello, ID 63.0 A
#27 Minot, ND 63.2 A
#28 Rochester, MN 63.4 A
#29 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 62.9 A
#30 Midland, MI 62.6 A
#31 Grand Forks, ND-MN 62.5 A
#32 Mobile, AL 62.3 A

LA Metro Scores

Monroe, LA A 63.5 Lafayette, LA A- 61.2 New Orleans-Metairie, LA B+ 58.7 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA B+ 58.6 Hammond, LA B+ 57.8 Lake Charles, LA B+ 56.7

Using Shreveport's Life Score

Shreveport is a regional baseline, not a neighborhood reading, use it to shortlist, then dig into the dimensions that matter to you.

  • Its strongest dimension is cost of living (98/100) and its weakest is wages (9/100) - weigh those against your own priorities. How the score is built
  • Put Shreveport head-to-head against another metro before you decide, every dimension, side by side. Compare metros
  • See where Shreveport lands on the national rankings for cost, safety, pay and more. Browse rankings

Scores summarize federal data at the metro level; crime, schools and cost vary widely within a single metro.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are Shreveport's biggest strengths? ▼
Shreveport's strongest dimensions are Cost of Living (98/100), Schools (91/100), Childcare (84/100). Cost of Living is top-tier nationally.
What are Shreveport's weakest areas? ▼
Shreveport's lowest-scoring dimensions are Wages (9/100), Safety (26/100), Rent (78/100). Wages weighs heavily on the composite.
How expensive is Shreveport compared to the national average? ▼
Shreveport's Regional Price Parity is 84.8 (15.2% less than national); rent RPP 52.3.
What is the average salary in Shreveport? ▼
Shreveport median salary: $57,379, 154,880 jobs. Top: Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand.
How is the life score calculated? ▼
Shreveport's 62.9/100 blends 7 federal-data dimensions - see our methodology page for the weighting.

Research Guides

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All federal data sources used on this page
  • U.S. Census Bureau ACS - multi-dimension demographic + housing + income aggregates for cross-area comparison. census.gov/programs-surveys/acs
  • BEA Regional Economic Accounts - GDP, personal income, employment by state and metro. bea.gov/data/regional
  • BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) - wage estimates for comparable-area indexing. bls.gov/oes
  • FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) - crime statistics for safety-score component. fbi.gov/ucr
  • NCES Common Core of Data - public-school quality indicators by area. nces.ed.gov/ccd
  • EPA AirNow + Air Quality System (AQS) - air-quality measurements by area. epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data
  • HUD Fair Market Rents (FMR) - county and metro housing-cost indicators. huduser.gov/datasets/fmr

Every figure on PlainCompare is loaded directly from BEA, HUD, FBI UCR, BLS OEWS, NCES, DOL, EPA, and the Census Bureau, no number is typed in by an editor. This metro's Life Score is computed directly from the 7 federal sources cited above. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.