Ponchatoula is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 7,904 people and six associated neighborhoods, Ponchatoula is the 60th largest community in Louisiana. Much of the housing stock in Ponchatoula was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ponchatoula economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ponchatoula, where the median household income is $38,249.00.

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Ponchatoula has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Ponchatoula has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ponchatoula than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ponchatoula may be for you.

One downside of living in Ponchatoula is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ponchatoula, the average commute to work is 30.65 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Ponchatoula is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The education level of Ponchatoula citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.68% of adults 25 and older in Ponchatoula have a college degree.

The per capita income in Ponchatoula in 2018 was $26,926, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,704 for a family of four. However, Ponchatoula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ponchatoula is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ponchatoula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ponchatoula residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Ponchatoula include French, Irish, German, English, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Ponchatoula is English. Other important languages spoken here include Vietnamese and Polish.