Shreveport, LA

Shreveport is a large city in Louisiana with a population of 183,483. Residents earn $48,465 per year, which is 36% below the national average.

2.9 /5.0

C+ Fair

183,483 Population 1,696/sq mi density

$48,465 Median Income $33,788 per capita

$178,100 Home Value $134,461 Zillow

$980 Median Rent 33.8% income on rent

68°F Avg Temperature 301 sunny days/yr

780 Violent Crime/100K 4,899 property/100K

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Overall

2.9 / 5.0

Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

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Economy

2.9 / 5.0

$48,465 median income, 5.1% unemployment

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Affordability

4.6 / 5.0

$178,100 home value, $980/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

780 violent crimes/100K (105% above avg)

Education

3.2 / 5.0

27.5% bachelor's degree or higher

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3 reported haunted locations found near Shreveport, LA.

Name	Description
C.E. Byrd High School	This school (built in 1925) had a swimming pool at one time, but the pool was closed because a teenage girl supposedly drowned in it. A dance studio was built above it. In the "catacombs"(subbasement) of the school, a JROTC instructor reportedly killed himself with a rifle and his ghost still haunts the school to this day. Cold Spots reported.
Keatchi Women's College	There is an old women's college in Keatchie down Highway 172. During the Civil War the college was turned into a hospital for the wounded. It is said that if you go to the second floor (which was turned into the morgue during the war) you can feel cold spots and hear the moans of the departed. To get there go either down Hwy 5 from Logansport, Louisiana and turn left onto Hwy. 172 when you get into Keatchie or from Shreveport go down 171 get onto 172 and go through Keatchie and its not less t...
Old Greenwood Cemetery	there have been a sighting of a headless person behind my car you go at night you hear moaning, hart beats, and beating on the old iron gate.