Lakeview vs Shreveport

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

Lakeview 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 846 in Lakeview). Lakeview has the higher median household income ($58,381 vs $48,465 in Shreveport). Shreveport has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $107,000 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeview	Shreveport
Population	846	183,483
Median age	53.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,381	$48,465
Median home value	$107,000	$178,100
Median gross rent	$868	$980
Housing units	518	90,295
Homeownership rate	63.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	15.6%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeview	Shreveport
Population	1,312 → 846 (-35.5%)	192,035 → 183,483 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$38,362 → $58,381 (+52.2%)	$39,090 → $48,465 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$111,800 → $107,000 (-4.3%)	$148,100 → $178,100 (+20.3%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $868 (+9.3%)	$812 → $980 (+20.7%)

Lakeview

Population

1,312846

Median household income

$38,362$58,381

Median home value

$111,800$107,000

Median gross rent

$794$868

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)

	Lakeview	Shreveport
Under 5	5.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	4.1%	17.9%
18 to 24	13.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	5.4%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	25.1%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.3%
75 and over	12.9%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeview	Shreveport
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	35.4%
Black or African American	17.0%	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	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeview	Shreveport
No high school diploma	10.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	59.1%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	24.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeview	Shreveport
Drove alone	76.7%	80.1%
Carpooled	9.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	13.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeview	Shreveport
1-unit, detached	63.3%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	31.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Lakeview	Shreveport
Poverty rate	26.4%	23.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1981	1973