Town · De Soto Parish, Louisiana

Logansport, Louisiana

Logansport is a town in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, part of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area. It has 1,439 residents. Logansport, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 1 out of 100 (very low), ranking #15,522 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #231 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on dentists (low), grocery stores (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

1Very low

Quality-of-life score: #15,522 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #231 of 262 in LA
Population: 1,439 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 423.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2245040

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety19#12,695/15,637
Economy2#15,255/15,631
Housing24#11,414/14,977
Health8#14,438/15,609
Healthcare8#14,399/15,650
Environment20#12,398/15,453
Education20#12,543/15,649
Infrastructure5#14,835/15,650
Community18#12,873/15,651
Leisure & amenities2#15,345/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Logansport, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “De Soto Parish value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.18%
99/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · low109 min
93/100Louisiana 135 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDe Soto Parish value
Public transit commuters · high3.6%
90/100Louisiana 0.9%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301High uncertainty
Public libraries · high1.5 /10k
86/100Louisiana 0.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDe Soto Parish value
Property crime rate · low671 /100k
78/100Louisiana 1,966 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureDe Soto Parish value
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Louisiana 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyDe Soto Parish value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low7 /100k
1/100Louisiana 60 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDe Soto Parish value
Grocery stores · low0.4 /10k
1/100Louisiana 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDe Soto Parish value
Mental health care shortage · high20.0
1/100Louisiana 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationDe Soto Parish value
Distance to an airport · high174 mi
1/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauDe Soto Parish value
Child poverty rate · high61.8%
2/100Louisiana 25.0%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Job growth · low-5.2%
2/100Louisiana -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataDe Soto Parish value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,854 (2015-2019) → 1,439 (2020-2024)
−22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.6× (2015-2019) → 3.9× (2020-2024)
+138%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateWorsening
34.6% (2015-2019) → 61.8% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
40.3% (2015-2019) → 60.6% (2020-2024)
+20 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateWorsening
24.4% (2015-2019) → 36.3% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
16.1% (2015-2019) → 7.6% (2020-2024)
−8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Logansport, Louisiana improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Uninsured−8.5 points16.1% → 7.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Logansport, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.8 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%2015-2019	8.2%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	65.2%2015-2019	71.0%2020-2024	+5.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%
Child poverty rate	34.6%2015-2019	61.8%2020-2024	+27 points	Within the margin of error	2%
High school diploma or higher	77.3%2015-2019	80.3%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	69%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+2.3×	Within the margin of error	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4432015-2019	0.4602020-2024	+0.017	Within the margin of error	36%
Median household income	$47,8232015-2019	$32,4042020-2024	−32%	Within the margin of error	0%
Poverty rate	24.4%2015-2019	36.3%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	31.3%2020-2024	+4 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Unemployment rate	9.6%2015-2019	14.6%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.1%2015-2019	7.6%2020-2024	−8.5 points	Improved	95%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Logansport, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Logansport, Louisiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Logansport, Louisiana itself moved −15.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,439 residents (±348)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−4.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,439 residents (±348)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

White51%†736
Black42%†608
Hispanic or Latino0.8%†

Education

833 residents (±166)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

No high school diploma20%†164
High school or GED39%321
Some college28%†231

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

462 households (±84)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k38%†175
$25k–50k24%†109
$50k–75k19%†90
$75k–100k6.1%†28
$100k–150k8.0%†37
$150k–200k3.5%†16
$200k or more1.5%†7

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−11.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

462 households (±84)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own52%241
Rent48%†221

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

172 households (±68)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $75073%†126
$750–1,00017%†29
$1,000–1,5008.1%†14

Home values

241 homes (±58)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $150k59%†143
$150k–250k36%†87
$250k–400k1.2%†3

Age of homes

599 homes (±117)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

2010 or later3.8%†23
2000–20099.3%†56
1980–199927%†163

Size of homes

599 homes (±117)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Studio7.2%†43
1 bedroom6.7%†40
2 bedrooms36%†215

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

418 workers (±141)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone77%†320
Carpool9.1%†38
Public transit3.6%†15
Walk1.2%†5
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.9%†33
Other1.7%†7

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

385 workers (±136)

Logansport, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under 15 min37%†141
15–29 min30%†115
30–44 min19%†75

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of De Soto Parish, the county holding most of Logansport's residents.

De Soto Parish has 458 employer establishments, 169 for every 10,000 residents (0.68× the US rate of 248; 0.71× Louisiana's), with 5,364 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,757. The Census Bureau also counts 2,606 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 458; 2,606 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 169; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 5,364
Average annual pay: $55,757; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of De Soto Parish by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	35	12.9	0.83×About typical	309	$53,903	190
Religious organizations	31	11.4	2.06×More than typical	131	$18,542	—
Ambulatory health care services	29	10.7	0.51×Fewer than typical	293	$52,877	109
Restaurants and other eating places	24	8.8	0.48×Fewer than typical	340	$14,906	14
Truck transportation	18	6.6	1.31×More than typical	52	$46,135	129
Building equipment contractors	15	5.5	0.92×About typical	212	$56,245	31
Banks and credit unions	14	5.2	1.60×More than typical	110	$54,400	3
Gasoline stations	14	5.2	1.59×More than typical	220	$23,827	—
General merchandise stores	12	4.4	2.50×More than typical	214	$29,079	7
Construction of buildings	11	4.1	0.54×Fewer than typical	22	$54,909	74
Limited-service restaurants	11	4.1	0.51×Fewer than typical	173	$17,676	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	11	4.1	0.60×Fewer than typical	40	$25,925	263

Rank places for an industry Open De Soto Parish

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 27,145 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Logansport is mostly in De Soto Parish.

See federal money in De Soto Parish

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Logansport, Louisiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).