I got to have a totally nerdy conversation about all things Shreveport, System ReDesign, and community with Jeffrey Goodman on his podcast for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana.
Here are all of the graphics and numbers mentioned in the episode…
Shreveport Population per Square Mile over Time
Urban 3 Reports from 2023
I also transcribed most of the information from the slides to have in a handy list…
- Shreveport = 123.84 square miles, including…
- 1264 miles of roads
- 1129 miles of water
- 905 miles of sewer
- 1709 miles of drainage
- Budget
- Water – we spend 12, but need 18M
- Sewer – we spend 57 need 61M
- Drainage – we spend 2.7 need 3.5M
- Roads – we spend 27 need 110M
- TOTALS: we spend 99 and need 193M for $94M deficit
- Neighborhood roads
- 7M sq. ft before 1910 or 202 ft/person
- +20M sq. ft 1911-1950 or 250/ft/person
- +17M sq. ft since 1950 or 283 ft/person
- TOTAL 44M sq. ft today should cost $53/year
- Vacancies 17% vacant properties in Shreveport = 9370 vacant acres
- Adjudicated property is 3% of Vacant properties or 1425 acres
- Current Average value per acre in Shreveport
- Single Family $0.4M/acre
- Suburban Commercial $0.5M/acre
- Townhomes & Duplexes $1.2M/acre
- Main Street Commercial $1.5M/acre
- Dispersed/Concentrated = 500/216 acres
Shreveport grows by 25,000 people during the daytime due to regional commuting patterns
OneShreveport_Steering Committee Mtg 4 Presentation_20250401.pdf (see page 14)
