AreaProfile

71111Bossier City, Louisiana

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 71111.

67
Area Score
Top 33% of 3,833 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity2200th of 4,073 published ZIP areas53
GrowthTop 26% of 3,947 published ZIP areas63
Housing affordabilityTop 40% of 4,553 published ZIP areas82
Climate2404th of 4,621 published ZIP areas70
Physical resilienceTop 42% of 4,554 published ZIP areas65
Access2554th of 4,623 published ZIP areas93
Economic stability3385th of 4,591 published ZIP areas46
The quick read

Development activity is both elevated and accelerating — 380 housing units permitted over the past twelve months, up 44% on the prior year.

A major airport is 12 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

Its Area Score of 67 places 71111 in the top 33% of published ZIP profiles.

At a glance

Population
43,925
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$65,292
Bottom 39% nationally
Density
970/sq mi
45.3 sq mi of land
Median age
36.6
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Bossier City
Louisiana
Metro area
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
Nearest major airport
SHV
12 mi · Shreveport Rgnl
Median home value
$276,600
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.7% is lower than 42% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 0.2% over the past year, to 26,792 employed residents.

33% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 71% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$6,609$65,292Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,403$40,431Top 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate17.9%Top 23%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute21.8 minBottom 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher33.0%Top 29%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment26,792Bottom 28%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)0.2%Top 47%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.2%Top 29%June 2026
Labor force28,112Bottom 28%June 2026
Labor force participation64.0%Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$54,580Bottom 5%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$44,820Bottom 7%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.2%Top 43%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.7%Top 42%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202466k59k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $65,292 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Registered Nurses6,390$80,080
Retail Salespersons4,670$28,990
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand4,250$34,970
Fast Food and Counter Workers4,150$22,460
Cashiers3,920$25,760
General and Operations Managers3,450$98,610

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Bossier City, LA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,070 takes 20% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.2 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
19.7%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.2×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,070
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$276,600
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.24Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate57.5%Bottom 14%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±66219,793Top 4%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$50$1,070Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$10,158$276,600Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income19.7%Top 37%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate8.6%Bottom 40%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
63/ 100
Top 26% of 3,947 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 6.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
380
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
6.0
Top 25% nationally
Year over year
+44%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Bossier City, LA, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

6 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 95°F and January a low of 39°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 48.9 inches.

30°50°70°90°110°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SHREVEPORT DWTN AP, 3.6 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND4.8"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation48.9"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low39°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high95°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months61991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing37°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

65 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are tornado, ice storm and hail.

Ice stormHigh
LightningModerate
HailElevated
TornadoHigh
HurricaneModerate
EarthquakeModerate
DroughtModerate
LandslideModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, strong wind, inland flooding, cold wave, winter weather, wildfire.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 12 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Shreveport RgnlSHV12 mi8,348 ft
East Texas RgnlGGG61 mi10,000 ft
Tyler Pounds RgnlTYR101 mi8,334 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

71111 vs Bossier City

How this ZIP area compares with Bossier City as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

71111
Bossier City
Median household income
$65,292
vs
$55,819
Per capita income
$40,431
vs
$33,062
Population density
970/sq mi
vs
1,417/sq mi
Median home value
$276,600
vs
$202,100
Median gross rent
$1,070
vs
$1,107
Homeownership rate
57.5%
vs
53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
33.0%
vs
24.7%
Poverty rate
17.9%
vs
20.8%
Median age
36.6
vs
35.4

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.