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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Ponchatoula, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Ponchatoula, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Ponchatoula’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Ponchatoula does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $38,249.00.When you are in Ponchatoula, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 35.41% of Ponchatoula’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Ponchatoula is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ponchatoula who work in sales jobs (16.83%), healthcare (8.43%), and business and financial occupations (6.04%). 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.65 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 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 2022 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.
