Bossier Parish vs Livingston Parish

A side-by-side comparison of Bossier Parish and Livingston Parish: population, income, housing, and more.

Bossier Parish and Livingston Parish are counties in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Livingston Parish has the higher population (145,583 vs 129,134 in Bossier Parish). Livingston Parish has the higher median household income ($78,617 vs $66,336 in Bossier Parish). Livingston Parish has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $215,100 in Bossier Parish).

Population, income & housing

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
Population	129,134	145,583
Median age	36.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,336	$78,617
Median home value	$215,100	$218,900
Median gross rent	$1,168	$1,102
Housing units	56,122	58,899
Homeownership rate	66.1%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
Population	126,499 → 129,134 (+2.1%)	138,928 → 145,583 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$54,268 → $66,336 (+22.2%)	$63,389 → $78,617 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $215,100 (+24.8%)	$167,100 → $218,900 (+31.0%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,168 (+17.7%)	$934 → $1,102 (+18.0%)

Bossier Parish

Population

126,499129,134

Median household income

$54,268$66,336

Median home value

$172,400$215,100

Median gross rent

$992$1,168

Livingston Parish

Population

138,928145,583

Median household income

$63,389$78,617

Median home value

$167,100$218,900

Median gross rent

$934$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
Under 5	6.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.5%
75 and over	6.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
White (non-Hispanic)	62.5%	81.9%
Black or African American	23.6%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
No high school diploma	9.3%	12.4%
High school graduate	28.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
Drove alone	83.5%	84.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	6.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
1-unit, detached	68.1%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Bossier Parish	Livingston Parish
Poverty rate	16.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1989	2001