Like any other good Louisiana city, Shreveport knows how to throw down for Mardi Gras. Specifically in the city’s Highland/Stoner Hill neighborhood, hot dogs are just as common as purple and green beads on Fat Tuesday.
Next to downtown Shreveport and a hub of medical offices around the Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport Hospital, the Highland/Stoner Hill neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest residential communities, bound between interstate highways and the Red River. “It’s the first suburb of the city of Shreveport,” says Matthew Linn, a former parish commissioner and founder of the Krewe of Highland, a nonprofit that organizes an annual Mardi Gras parade for the community. “It has the first house built on a slab in the city limits.”
Largely residential, filled with Craftsman bungalows and stunning Queen Anne homes from the early 20th century, Highland/Stoner Hill also features a few commercial corridors and homes that have been converted into award-winning restaurants. It can be a quiet place, but also lively and diverse. “It’s a community in transition,” Linn says. “There are millionaires who live here, but also people living below the income level. It’s a multi-use, multi-faceted neighborhood.”
In addition to organizing the signature Mardi Gras parade each year, which regularly includes a float with people tossing cooked hot dogs or other savory snacks, the Krewe of Highland brings neighbors together to support the community. Beyond the annual party, the all-volunteer group donates time and resources to neighborhood projects, like beautifying the neighborhood’s “neutral ground” medians with crape myrtles and rose beds.
Highland/Stone Hill sits just south of downtown Shreveport.
Residents of Highland/Stoner Hill enjoy having daily specials at The Cotton Boll Grill.
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Early 20th-century bungalows and Victorian homes
Assembled in a typical urban grid pattern, Highland/Stoner Hill features numerous blocks of single-family homes, creating a quiet and relaxed atmosphere. The neighborhood’s streets are generally narrow, but tall leafy trees shade sidewalks and homes – more than half of which were built before 1945 and made to last a long time. “A majority of them were built on a pier and beam foundation, so they’re very easy to work on,” he says. “Most people who go into the neighborhood, they’ll move some rooms around, taking out walls. The most common thing to do is take out the wall between the kitchen and dining area so you can have an open floor plan.”
Highland/Stoner Hill is decidedly one of the less expensive places to live in Shreveport. Home values average about $100,000, which is $60,000 less than the cityside benchmark. There’s little prospective for growth in value either, as the neighborhood average has remained level for five years. Still, prospective buyers can find some upside, as homes with three bedrooms and more than 1,500 square feet have sold for as low as $50,000. On the higher end, newly restored or updated homes that still have historical Victorian design elements or a modest bungalow charm can be found for around $200,000.
Mabry House is a historic house turned restaurant in Highland-Stoner Hill
Many homes in the Highland area maintain a traditional early american style with a pop of color.
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Local residents enjoy playing disc golf at Highland Park.
One of the nation’s oldest disc golf courses at Veterans Park
Along the banks of the Red River in Highland/Stoner Hill, folks gather at the green space provided at Veterans Park. The park features a few amenities, including a boat launch, a fenced dog run, playgrounds and a skate park. The park is also home to one of the nation’s first disc golf courses, opened in the late 1970s. With lights throughout the park, visitors can skate or play the 27-hole disc golf course.
Within the community, residents can walk to playgrounds, multi-purpose fields and short trails at recreational spaces like Columbia Park, Moore Park and Highland Park. Valencia Park, nearby in the Broadmoor section of the city, includes more playgrounds and ball fields, but also features an indoor recreation center with a gym and swimming pool. One of the city’s busiest rec centers, Valencia hosts various senior programs and sports leagues for adults and kids.
A high-ranking high school in the Caddo Parish school system
Students in the community can attend Creswell Elementary School. Niche gives it a C rating. From there, students can advance to Fair Park Middle School and C.E. Byrd High School. Fair Park gets a C-minus, while Byrd gets an A and ranks as the 2nd best public high school in the Shreveport area. Highland/Stoner Hill is also home to Centenary College of Louisiana. Known for its liberal arts programs, this diverse institution of about 750 students is one of the 50 oldest colleges in the nation.
Caddo Heights residents can choose to send their kids to Fair Park Middle School
Creswell Elementary School is a school of excellence in the Highland/Stoner Hill neighborhood.
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An annual jazz festival and Mardi Gras hot dogs with the Krewe of Highland
In September, the annual Highland Jazz & Blues Festival takes over Columbia Park, bringing together folks for a celebration of music, food and culture in a two-block-wide rectangular park within the community. In addition to its big annual concert, Highland/Stoner Hill also has its own Mardi Gras parade. Going back to the 1990s, the parade is one of many around the state where float sponsors try to stand out by throwing out something other than plastic beads. That’s where the hot dogs come in.
It was a mystery to Lin for a few years. He would see the foil-wrapped dogs during the parade. But he had no idea which float was throwing them out. “By the sixth year… I was tyrannical asking people about it,” he says. “Hot dogs everywhere. I was going crazy.” Turns out it was a prank played by friends and neighbors. After they were caught, the guerilla grillers gave a hefty donation to pay back missed float entry fees, as well as some extra to help the community nonprofit’s charitable endeavors. The joke has since become a delicious tradition, with floats also throwing out spam sandwiches and Ziploc bags filled with spaghetti and meatballs.
Zero-fare for Spectran buses through 2024
On the busier avenues surrounding the neighborhood, some commuters take Shreveport Area Transit System buses to get to work or run errands. Known locally as SporTran, the bus system connects the neighborhood to downtown and the surrounding area, including Bossier City on the other side of the river. Through 2024, the system will not charge riders per the continuation of its zero-fare policy.
Motorists can also get downtown and around the region quickly, as Interstates 49 and 20 shape Highland/Stoner Hill’s boundaries. Those traveling farther afield can fly out of Shreveport Regional Airport about 4 miles west on I-20. Allegiant, American, Delta and United all serve the airport with direct flights to Atlanta, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Charlotte, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Denver.
Classic neighborhood grills and award-winning restaurants
Near the hospital, folks have been coming to the Highland area from all around Shreveport for almost a century to dine at Cotton Boll Grill, a local eatery that’s renowned for its hot breakfast and lunch. The diner spot almost closed in 2024 but was quickly swooped up by new owners. A few other restaurants in the community have also made news recently. Based inside a converted home in the community, the Fat Calf Brasserie earned its place on USA Today’s Restaurants of the Year list for 2024, with reviewers praising Chef Anthony Felan’s crispy Brussels sprouts and smoked bone-in pork chop.
Stretching across a few dozen blocks, the neighborhood features several small commercial corridors on busy avenues and highways around the community. For groceries and other essentials, locals shop at Brookshire’s supermarket on Kings Highway, a busy thoroughfare on the south end of the neighborhood, or the Walmart Supercenter about two miles east. On Stoner Avenue north of the neighborhood close to downtown, folks can experience local nightlife by shooting pool at the Bayou Thunder Saloon or sampling local and regional craft beers at Strange Brew.
Highland-Stoner Hill residents enjoy celebrating at the local favorite restaurant, Mabry House.
Up For Brunch in Highland-Stoner Hill is a bright local favorite brunch restaurant.
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Parks in this Area
Highland Park
Veterans Park
Clyde Fant Veteran's Park
Shreveport Dog Park
Columbia Park
Thomas Field Park
Stoner Avenue Skate Park
Transit
Airport
Shreveport Regional
20 min drive
Bus
Youree Dr & Stoner Ave (Inbound)
Bus
Fairfield Ave & Olive St (Outbound)
Bus
E. Olive St & Cornwell Ave
Bus
Va Medical Center
Bus
Line Ave & Columbia Park (Inbound)
Bus
Olive St & Rogers St
Bus
Louisiana Ave & Wk Rehab (Inbound)
Crime and Safety
1 - Low Crime, 10 - High Crime
Highland/Stoner Hill
US
Homicide
8
4
Sexual Assault
5
4
Assault with Weapon
7
4
Robbery
6
4
Burglary
5
4
Motor Vehicle Theft
4
4
Larceny
4
4
Crime Score
5
4
Source: WhatIsMyCrimeRisk.com
Highland/Stoner Hill Demographics and Home Trends
On average, homes in Highland/Stoner Hill, Shreveport sell after 59 days on the market compared to the national average of 49 days. The median sale price for homes in Highland/Stoner Hill, Shreveport over the last 12 months is $81,000, up 5% from the median home sale price over the previous 12 months.
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Average Home Value
Source: Public Records
Property Mix - Square Feet
This Neighborhood Has More Renters
Demographics
Total Population
10,912
Median Age
38
Population Density
5 ppl/acre
Population under 18
23%
On par with the national average
23.8%
Population over 65
17.5%
On par with the national average
19.1%
Finances
Median Household Income
$31,485
Significantly below the national average
$71,702
Average Household Income
$44,620
Education and Workforce
High School Graduates
82.7%
College Graduates
14.5%
Below the national average
34.1%
Advanced Degrees
5%
Below the national average
13.3%
% Population in Labor Force
57%
Weather
Annual Precipitation
51''
Average Winter Low Temperature
36°F
Average Summer High Temperature
93°F
Annual Snowfall
0''
Area Factors
Bikeable
Bike Score®
60/ 100
Somewhat Walkable
Walk Score®
50/ 100
Source: Walk Score
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