Bossier City vs Haughton

A side-by-side comparison of Bossier City and Haughton: population, income, housing, and more.

Bossier City and Haughton are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bossier City has the higher population (62,832 vs 4,473 in Haughton). Bossier City has the higher median household income ($55,130 vs $49,411 in Haughton). Haughton has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $192,300 in Bossier City).

Population, income & housing

	Bossier City	Haughton
Population	62,832	4,473
Median age	35.1 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,130	$49,411
Median home value	$192,300	$214,100
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,012
Housing units	28,211	1,683
Homeownership rate	55.3%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bossier City	Haughton
Population	68,248 → 62,832 (-7.9%)	3,340 → 4,473 (+33.9%)
Median household income	$50,340 → $55,130 (+9.5%)	$47,178 → $49,411 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$163,500 → $192,300 (+17.6%)	$154,900 → $214,100 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,097 (+14.9%)	$911 → $1,012 (+11.1%)

Bossier City

Population

68,24862,832

Median household income

$50,340$55,130

Median home value

$163,500$192,300

Median gross rent

$955$1,097

Haughton

Population

3,3404,473

Median household income

$47,178$49,411

Median home value

$154,900$214,100

Median gross rent

$911$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bossier City	Haughton
Under 5	7.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	15.4%
25 to 34	16.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.0%
75 and over	6.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bossier City	Haughton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	72.0%
Black or African American	26.5%	26.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bossier City	Haughton
No high school diploma	10.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.1%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bossier City	Haughton
Drove alone	84.1%	89.1%
Carpooled	6.6%	2.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bossier City	Haughton
1-unit, detached	69.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Bossier City	Haughton
Poverty rate	20.4%	14.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1979	1993