Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Bossier Parish has a population of 129,789 and has grown 2.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $227,200, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $69,617.

Home price
$227,200
Income
$69,617
Population
129,789
Unemployment
5.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$227,200county
Median gross rent$1,174county
Median year homes here were built1991county
Share of homes built before 198035.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant10.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,497county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,111county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$982county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,458county
Home insurance / yr$5,986(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living92.3(statewide)
Median household income$69,617county
Family health premium / yr$23,190(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.581(statewide)
Poverty rate15.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home7.6%county
Unemployment rate5.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.0%county
Share of workers employed by government17.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.0%county
Economic output per resident$58,990county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.64%county
Top state income tax3.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax10.13%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service13 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport352281county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station41 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.3%county
Traffic deaths40.8county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-8.5(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher28.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.9%county
Public schools in the county33county
Public school enrollment22224county
Students per full-time teacher15.6county
Free lunch eligible52.8%county
Elementary schools18county
Middle schools9county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution7.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians47county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter9.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.2%county
Frequent mental distress20.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.2%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population129,789county
Land area in square miles840county
People per square mile of land155.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores17county
Convenience stores11county
Share living far from a food store31.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract7.6%county
Population change since 2020+2.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age36.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over15.4%county
Share of households that are one person31.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.3%county
Second languages7.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls58.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents134county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Households that moved in4,478county
Households that moved away4,485county
Average income of arriving households$52,173county
Average income of departing households$53,961county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes12county
Housing units authorised in the latest year664county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate520(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature67.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation48.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.55 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F96 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing29 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days252 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 8county
Average first fall frostNov 15county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$140county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.3¢county
Household electricity use1,151 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.20(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity56.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas41.4%county
Homes heated by propane1.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband85.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk74.0county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk63.0county
Landslide risk43.8county
Hail risk92.4county
Earthquake risk72.0county
Tornado risk85.8county
Tropical cyclone risk74.8county
Extreme heat risk97.9county
Winter weather risk51.4county
Strong wind risk88.6county
Wildfire risk38.6county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Bossier Parish directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Louisiana figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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