Shreveport

City Commute Profile

Shreveport, LA

Where Shreveport’s 73,770 resident workers go each day — 61.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Bossier City.

LouisianaLODES 2023 data
77
Commute Score

77 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Shreveport at a glance
Employed Residents
73,770
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.9mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
61.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
6.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Bossier City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Shreveport proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Shreveport commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Shreveport

73,770 commutes, one dot at a time

Shreveport

Where 73,770 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Shreveport, by worker count.

1Shreveport0.0 mi45,012
2Bossier City5.9 mi9,314
3Baton Rouge208.4 mi952
4Monroe97.9 mi733
5Benton15.7 mi571
6Lafayette186.5 mi567
7New Orleans279.0 mi514
8Alexandria111.7 mi446

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Shreveport.

1Shreveport0.0 mi45,012
2Bossier City5.9 mi10,396
3Red Chute11.5 mi1,068
4Minden30.3 mi906
5Blanchard11.1 mi753
6New Orleans279.0 mi715
7Greenwood11.4 mi677
8Haughton16.0 mi648

Top industries

The sectors that employ Shreveport’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance29.5%
RTRetail Trade11.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.3%
EDEducational Services7.2%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.9%
MFManufacturing4.6%
COConstruction4.0%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.3%

Shreveport city profile

Who lives in Shreveport — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
180,982
Median age
37.9yrs
Median household income
$48,699
Median home value
$178,900
Median gross rent
$987/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.5%
Poverty rate
23.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Shreveport

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

7 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps94%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Shreveport

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