Pay and cost of living in Caddo Parish, LA
Across the 1 occupations we cover in Caddo Parish, LA, the middle median salary is $80,080 a year. Pay runs from $80,080 for Registered Nurses up to $80,080 for Registered Nurses, a spread of $0. Wages come from the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Caddo Parish, LA has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $926 a month and a two-bedroom $1,045. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $17,786 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $62,860 a year, and every one of the 1 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
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Housing, taxes and commute in Caddo Parish, LA
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Caddo Parish, LA, set beside the Louisiana and national medians.
Median household income in Caddo Parish, LA is $50,705, 17% below the Louisiana median of $60,756 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($11,112) equals 21.9% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $80,080, is 58% above household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Caddo Parish, LA pay a median of $1,085 a year in real estate taxes, 8% below the Louisiana median of $1,180. With a median home value of $175,700, 19% below the Louisiana median of $216,500, the ratio of the two medians is 0.62% a year.
Renters in Caddo Parish, LA pay a median gross rent of $974 a month in the Census survey, 8% below the Louisiana median of $1,064. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $926; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Caddo Parish, LA who travel to a workplace spend an average of 20.4 minutes each way, 21% below the Louisiana average of 25.7. 6.5% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.