Princeton, Louisiana.
Typical home $194,857 (+1.3% in a year). Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$459 (+81%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $2,574 +1%
- $192,283$194,857 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $27,987 +17%
- $166,869$194,857 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Princeton$1,023
- Louisiana$1,123
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.
Typical home values in Princeton, LA rose 1.3% over the past year — in step with the nation.
Living in Princeton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
The Census does not count Princeton on its own, so the figures here are Bossier Parish's. Half the county's households earn more than $69,617 a year and half less; 16% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 65% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 35% are rented. Unemployment in Bossier Parish was 3.3% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bossier Parish work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Princeton is a town in Bossier Parish, the Louisiana name for a county. Across the parish, most homes are lived in by their owners, and the typical home is worth less than many people might expect for a growing region. Winters are cold but usually mild, with little or no snow and a good deal of rain through the year, while summers are very hot.
Work. Across the parish, many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Jobs grew last year, and fewer people are out of work than a year ago. Few people work from home, so most commute to a workplace outside the house.
Things to do. Lake Bistineau State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, suited to those who enjoy quiet walks and water views. The Meadows Museum of Art is a museum, also a longer drive away, and The Gardens of the American Rose Center is a botanical garden, likewise a longer drive away, which makes it a good choice for a gentle afternoon outing.
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- 50,826households
- 36.7median age
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 16%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 8%work from home
What people in Bossier Parish work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bossier Parish had 45,299 jobs in 2025, 2.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 58° and lows near 34°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 72°. About 58 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Minden weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Bossier Parish
- Bossier Parish SchoolsSchool district2,803FTE
- Willis-Knighton Bossier Health CenterGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,309
- Metro AviationEmergency medical transportation services, air or ground1,187
- Bossier Casino VenturesResort hotels with casinos690
- Horseshoe Bossier City509
- Bossier Parish Community CollegeTwo-year college489
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters400
- Louisiana Downs Casino & RacetrackCasinos263
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 87 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 10,562 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- HailRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Bossier Parish, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bossier Parish and the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA metro.
Princeton home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Princeton$194,857
- Louisiana$213,867
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Princeton6
Zip codes with a Princeton address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Princeton — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.