Bossier City vs Red Chute

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

Bossier City and Red Chute 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 7,418 in Red Chute). Red Chute has the higher median household income ($79,119 vs $55,130 in Bossier City). Red Chute has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $192,300 in Bossier City).

Population, income & housing

	Bossier City	Red Chute
Population	62,832	7,418
Median age	35.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,130	$79,119
Median home value	$192,300	$215,600
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,821
Housing units	28,211	2,831
Homeownership rate	55.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bossier City	Red Chute
Population	68,248 → 62,832 (-7.9%)	7,335 → 7,418 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$50,340 → $55,130 (+9.5%)	$52,043 → $79,119 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$163,500 → $192,300 (+17.6%)	$162,900 → $215,600 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,097 (+14.9%)	$1,057 → $1,821 (+72.3%)

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

Red Chute

Population

7,3357,418

Median household income

$52,043$79,119

Median home value

$162,900$215,600

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,821

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bossier City	Red Chute
Under 5	7.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	20.9%
18 to 24	9.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	7.2%
75 and over	6.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bossier City	Red Chute
White (non-Hispanic)	55.0%	76.1%
Black or African American	26.5%	9.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bossier City	Red Chute
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.1%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bossier City	Red Chute
Drove alone	84.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	10.7%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	8.9%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bossier City	Red Chute
1-unit, detached	69.5%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Bossier City	Red Chute
Poverty rate	20.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1979	1994