Blanchard vs Shreveport

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Shreveport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shreveport has the higher population (183,483 vs 3,452 in Blanchard). Blanchard has the higher median household income ($80,142 vs $48,465 in Shreveport). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $178,100 in Shreveport).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Shreveport
Population	3,452	183,483
Median age	36.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$80,142	$48,465
Median home value	$212,500	$178,100
Median gross rent	$844	$980
Housing units	1,267	90,295
Homeownership rate	79.8%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Shreveport
Population	3,112 → 3,452 (+10.9%)	192,035 → 183,483 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$75,912 → $80,142 (+5.6%)	$39,090 → $48,465 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$165,400 → $212,500 (+28.5%)	$148,100 → $178,100 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$994 → $844 (-15.1%)	$812 → $980 (+20.7%)

Blanchard

Population

3,1123,452

Median household income

$75,912$80,142

Median home value

$165,400$212,500

Median gross rent

$994$844

Shreveport

Population

192,035183,483

Median household income

$39,090$48,465

Median home value

$148,100$178,100

Median gross rent

$812$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Shreveport
Under 5	4.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	15.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.3%
75 and over	5.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Shreveport
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	35.4%
Black or African American	20.4%	56.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Shreveport
No high school diploma	12.0%	12.7%
High school graduate	29.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Shreveport
Drove alone	84.8%	80.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.7%
Other means	3.8%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Shreveport
1-unit, detached	82.0%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	2.2%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Shreveport
Poverty rate	10.9%	23.6%
Average household size	2.90	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1996	1973