Census-designated place · Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Red Chute, Louisiana

Red Chute is a census-designated place in Bossier Parish, Louisiana, part of the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro area. It has 6,526 residents. Red Chute, Louisiana has a quality-of-life score of 14 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,479 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Louisiana it ranks #84 of 262 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), effective property tax rate (low) and child care cost burden (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (high) and mental health care shortage (high).

14Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,479 of 15,651 cities and towns
Louisiana: #84 of 262 in LA
Population: 6,526 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 707.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2263855

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.

Safety13#13,669/15,637
Economy68#5,012/15,631
Housing30#10,472/14,977
Health37#9,827/15,609
Healthcare12#13,726/15,650
Environment24#11,749/15,453
Education33#10,488/15,649
Infrastructure17#12,929/15,650
Community5#14,905/15,651
Leisure & amenities42#9,056/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Red Chute, Louisiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Bossier 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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.325
96/100Louisiana 0.495United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Effective property tax rate · low0.53%
85/100Louisiana 0.55%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · low23.9%
80/100Louisiana 30.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBossier Parish value
Home price to income ratio · low2.5×
78/100Louisiana 3.6×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
High ozone days · low0 days
76/100Louisiana 0 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBossier Parish value
Injury deaths · low73 /100k
75/100Louisiana 121 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBossier Parish value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high171 mi
1/100Louisiana 80 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBossier Parish value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · high9.8 µg/m³
3/100Louisiana 8.9 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBossier Parish value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Louisiana 15.8United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBossier Parish value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,423 /100k
5/100Louisiana 3,516 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBossier Parish value
Primary care shortage · high18.0
5/100Louisiana 9.9United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBossier Parish value
Rent-burdened households · high81.6%
7/100Louisiana 54.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
7,335 (2015-2019) → 6,526 (2020-2024)
−11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
67.9% (2015-2019) → 90.6% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
24.5% (2015-2019) → 2.2% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
51.0% (2015-2019) → 33.1% (2020-2024)
−18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
67.7% (2015-2019) → 81.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$52,043 (2015-2019) → $86,124 (2020-2024)
+65%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Red Chute, Louisiana improved on 6 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 6 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.

Improved6

Inequality−0.1790.504 → 0.325
Rent / income−18 points51.0% → 33.1%
Poverty−12 points19.1% → 7.5%
Broadband+23 points67.9% → 90.6%
Household income+65%$52,043 → $86,124

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Red Chute, Louisiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	35.2 min2015-2019	23.1 min2020-2024	−12.1 min	Within the margin of error	99%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%2015-2019	34.3%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	92%
Broadband subscriptions	67.9%2015-2019	90.6%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	93%
Effective property tax rate	0.66%2015-2019	0.53%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
High school diploma or higher	89.5%2015-2019	93.6%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.6×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5042015-2019	0.3252020-2024	−0.179	Improved	99%
Median household income	$52,0432015-2019	$86,1242020-2024	+65%	Improved	93%
Poverty rate	19.1%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	−12 points	Improved	95%
Rent as share of income	51.0%2015-2019	33.1%2020-2024	−18 points	Improved	98%
Rent-burdened households	67.7%2015-2019	81.6%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.2%2015-2019	8.8%2020-2024	−7.4 points	Within the margin of error	93%

“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 Red Chute, Louisiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Red Chute, 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, Red Chute, Louisiana itself moved +28.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

6,526 residents (±656)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

2,547 households (±254)

Red Chute, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Under $25k10%†260
$25k–50k12%†296
$50k–75k17%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,547 households (±254)

Red Chute, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Own87%2,227
Rent13%†320

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+9.2 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,935 workers (±394)

Red Chute, Louisiana
Louisiana share

Drive alone80%2,353
Carpool10%†295
Public transit0.0%0

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 Bossier Parish, the county holding most of Red Chute's residents.

Bossier Parish has 2,649 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Louisiana's), with 37,246 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,194. The Census Bureau also counts 11,429 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,649; 11,429 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248 · Louisiana 236
Paid employees: 37,246
Average annual pay: $46,194; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	230	17.6	0.96×About typical	4,964	$19,182	62
Ambulatory health care services	209	16	0.77×Fewer than typical	2,094	$80,987	640
Specialty trade contractors	155	11.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	1,152	$52,742	769
Lessors of real estate	134	10.3	0.83×About typical	436	$41,991	988
Limited-service restaurants	116	8.9	1.11×About typical	2,450	$18,038	29
Full-service restaurants	82	6.3	0.82×About typical	2,262	$20,515	20
Offices of physicians	77	5.9	0.91×About typical	695	$114,066	117
Management, scientific and technical consulting	71	5.4	0.81×About typical	273	$73,842	286
Building equipment contractors	69	5.3	0.88×About typical	554	$58,139	154
Insurance agencies and brokerages	69	5.3	1.20×About typical	374	$57,775	188
Religious organizations	67	5.1	0.93×About typical	837	$23,259	—
Truck transportation	66	5.1	1.00×About typical	705	$65,750	273

Rank places for an industry Open Bossier Parish

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 130,413 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

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Red Chute, Louisiana: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-241.6FY2017
4.4KFY2018
13.9KFY2019
2.5KFY2020
39.9KFY2021
191.1KFY2022
227.5KFY2023
111KFY2024
148.6KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Red Chute, Louisiana, so they do not add up across cities.

Red Chute, Louisiana's figures are part of those of Bossier Parish, LA ($134.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Red Chute is mostly in Bossier Parish.

See federal money in Bossier 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.

Red Chute, Louisiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mike JohnsonR-LA-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Bossier Parish22100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA17

Other cities and towns in Bossier Parish

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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