Neighborhoods near Benton Elementary School in Benton, LA

As part of Benton, the No. 1 best place to live in the Shreveport area, residents of Linton-Midway benefit from many highlights of the highly-ranked suburb: cul-de-sacs of new construction homes and a well-rated school district. “It is a growing area. The city is pushing up in that direction,” says Realtor Nancy Harner who has 25 years of

East of Louisiana’s Red River, in central Bossier Parish, the Dukedale-Vanceville area offers proximity to waterways and green spaces, two main north-south corridors to major interstates, and a quiet, suburban lifestyle. Sherry Stapf-Tolisano, Broker-Owner of Spartan Realty, says, “Home variety across this area is similar to what you’d find to the

Just 14 miles north of Shreveport, Benton is a town with a booming population. “It’s by far the fastest growing town in the entire area,” says Mindy Wardlaw, who has over 20 years of real estate experience with Pinnacle Realty Advisors. “The main push is the schools and the outdoor recreation driving people to Benton.” Benton is home to a pair of

Princeton is a rural, small-town community located 16 miles outside of Bossier City and 40 miles from the Texas border. “The area is the solid country,” says Jenny Spivey, a Realtor with East Bank Real Estate, who has lived in north Louisiana her entire life. “I would say it takes about 5 minutes to drive through the whole neighborhood.” The

Located a few miles from Shreveport, Plain Dealing is a small town, set to expand. “It’s always been a quiet little bedroom community, but that’s changing fast,” says Denny McMullan of McMullan Realty, who has worked as a broker in the area for nearly 40 years. “They're putting in a wood product manufacturing plant opening in 2024, and I expect

In the early 1900s, oil wells were drilled into Oil City, and a community formed around the oil field workers who labored there. The history of the small town, population of approximately 876, still shines through in the town’s museum and several oil pumps in Caddo Lake. “A reason people move to Oil City is the lake over there. It’s a very small

The Mot-Carterville area is a rural expanse west of U.S. 371 near the Louisiana-Arkansas border. The community is split between Bossier and Webster parishes and is mostly undeveloped land. Those who decide to reside in the region have access to small cities like Springhill as well as a relatively straight shot to the larger city of Shreveport.