Shreveport’s Zillow ZHVI typical home value is $147,051, and Zillow ZORI typical observed market rent is $1,170 monthly. They imply a 9.5% gross yield—annualized ZORI divided by ZHVI—before vacancy, management, maintenance, insurance, taxes, financing and capital work. ZHVI is 3.02x ACS median household income; annual ZORI is 28.8% of income. This is a citywide screen, not property cash flow or an affordability test for a specific household.
The city has 90,007 housing units, with 75,996 occupied; citywide vacancy is 15.6%, and renters occupy 46.7% of occupied units. ACS reports a $178,900 median value for surveyed owner-occupied housing and $987 median gross rent for occupied rentals, including selected utilities. These ACS measures differ in concept and period from Zillow’s typical value and observed market rent, so do not average them or treat them as competing estimates. Vacancy and tenure describe city stock, not a chosen unit’s leasing odds.
Among city renters, 55.7% are cost-burdened at the stated threshold. Single-family homes are 70.6% of city units, versus 6.1% in large multifamily buildings. Of vacant city units, 28.1% are for rent; the rest include for-sale, seasonal and other reasons, so total vacancy is not available rental inventory. The population is 180,982 and fell 5.8% between overlapping ACS vintages; this is not annualized and may reflect boundary changes. Median household income is $48,699, poverty is 23.5% and unemployment is 9.0%. These survey facts flag demand constraints and stock composition, but cannot establish achievable rent, tenant quality, condition or lease-up time.
Because Shreveport crosses two parishes, county context must stay separate. Bossier Parish county reports a 0.636% effective property-tax rate; Caddo Parish county reports 0.618%, and neither is a parcel tax bill. The broader Shreveport metro has 3.2 months of supply and price drops on 24.0% of listings, negotiation context that does not measure city inventory or a specific asset. The national Freddie Mac mortgage rate for the supplied term is 6.58%, a financing benchmark rather than a Shreveport borrowing quote.
Underwriting is limited by aggregates, mismatched ACS and Zillow concepts, and missing property expenses, leases and condition data. Verify parcel location, applicable county tax jurisdiction, title and assessments; inspect structure, systems, deferred maintenance and insurability; obtain insurer and lender quotes; test collections, turnover, utilities, management, repairs, reserves and downtime. Use condition-matched comparables without inferring neighborhood performance from city, county or metro records. Recalculate net operating income, debt service and cash needs under adverse assumptions before deciding.