Shreveport vs Vivian

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

Shreveport and Vivian 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 3,020 in Vivian). Shreveport has the higher median household income ($48,465 vs $22,675 in Vivian). Shreveport has the higher median home value ($178,100 vs $55,700 in Vivian).

Population, income & housing

	Shreveport	Vivian
Population	183,483	3,020
Median age	37.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,465	$22,675
Median home value	$178,100	$55,700
Median gross rent	$980	$706
Housing units	90,295	1,563
Homeownership rate	53.8%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.5%	5.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	13.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shreveport	Vivian
Population	192,035 → 183,483 (-4.5%)	3,563 → 3,020 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$39,090 → $48,465 (+24.0%)	$30,069 → $22,675 (-24.6%)
Median home value	$148,100 → $178,100 (+20.3%)	$72,700 → $55,700 (-23.4%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $980 (+20.7%)	$537 → $706 (+31.5%)

Shreveport

Population

192,035183,483

Median household income

$39,090$48,465

Median home value

$148,100$178,100

Median gross rent

$812$980

Vivian

Population

3,5633,020

Median household income

$30,069$22,675

Median home value

$72,700$55,700

Median gross rent

$537$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shreveport	Vivian
Under 5	6.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	6.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.6%
75 and over	7.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shreveport	Vivian
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	54.3%
Black or African American	56.0%	43.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shreveport	Vivian
No high school diploma	12.7%	15.5%
High school graduate	30.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shreveport	Vivian
Drove alone	80.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	14.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	1.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shreveport	Vivian
1-unit, detached	68.1%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	20.8%

Poverty & households

	Shreveport	Vivian
Poverty rate	23.6%	46.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	19	33
Median year structure built	1973	1969