Greenwood vs Shreveport

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

Greenwood 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 3,123 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($60,540 vs $48,465 in Shreveport). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($227,500 vs $178,100 in Shreveport).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Shreveport
Population	3,123	183,483
Median age	50.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,540	$48,465
Median home value	$227,500	$178,100
Median gross rent	$576	$980
Housing units	1,477	90,295
Homeownership rate	82.7%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Shreveport
Population	3,181 → 3,123 (-1.8%)	192,035 → 183,483 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$58,564 → $60,540 (+3.4%)	$39,090 → $48,465 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $227,500 (+35.4%)	$148,100 → $178,100 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $576 (-21.0%)	$812 → $980 (+20.7%)

Greenwood

Population

3,1813,123

Median household income

$58,564$60,540

Median home value

$168,000$227,500

Median gross rent

$729$576

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)

	Greenwood	Shreveport
Under 5	2.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	3.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	17.7%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.3%
75 and over	11.2%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Shreveport
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	35.4%
Black or African American	38.8%	56.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Shreveport
No high school diploma	4.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	36.7%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Shreveport
Drove alone	81.8%	80.1%
Carpooled	11.5%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.7%
Other means	2.7%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Shreveport
1-unit, detached	62.1%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Shreveport
Poverty rate	2.8%	23.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1995	1973