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Red Chute, Louisiana.

A community in Bossier Parish, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Bossier Parish’s.

Living in Red Chute, Bossier Parish, Louisiana

Red Chute, in Bossier Parish, had 7,065 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $86,124 a year and half less, against $69,617 across Bossier Parish; 8% of its people live below the poverty line. 87% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 13% 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 residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 7,065 in the 2020 census; median age 35.8
Household income $86,124 the median, give or take $10,352 · Bossier Parish: $69,617
Unemployment 3.3% Bossier Parish, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes 87% lived in by their owners; 13% rented
  • 2,547households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 8%below the poverty line
  • 23 mintypical commute
  • 9%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care26%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Building trades8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

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

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 59° and 39°; warmest in August, 95° and 75° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 59° 39° F M A M J J A 95° 75° S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 59° and 39°; warmest in August, 95° and 75° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 59° 39° F M A M J J A 95° 75° S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 59° and lows near 39°; warmest in August, with highs near 95° and lows near 75°. About 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Shreveport Dwtn Airport weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Bossier Parish

  1. Bossier Parish SchoolsSchool district2,803FTE
  2. Willis-Knighton Bossier Health CenterGeneral medical and surgical hospitals1,309
  3. Metro AviationEmergency medical transportation services, air or ground1,187
  4. Bossier Casino VenturesResort hotels with casinos690
  5. Horseshoe Bossier City509
  6. Bossier Parish Community CollegeTwo-year college489
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters400
  8. 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 across the county; Red Chute has two of its own. 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

  1. Ice stormsRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. HailRelatively moderate
  5. Strong windRelatively moderate
  6. TornadoesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Red Chute’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. 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.