Ponchatoula is a somewhat small city located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 7,804 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 $47,821.00.

Ponchatoula real estate is some of the most expensive in Louisiana, although Ponchatoula house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Also of interest is that Ponchatoula has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.31% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Ponchatoula has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Ponchatoula a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Ponchatoula, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.06 minutes every day commuting to work.

Being a small city, Ponchatoula does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Ponchatoula are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.39% of adults in Ponchatoula having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ponchatoula in 2022 was $31,521, which is upper middle income relative to Louisiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,084 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.