Ponchatoula is home to 7,808 people in Louisiana. Since 2000 the city has risen by half, up 2,628 people. At a median age of 44.0, this is an older place than the country as a whole. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The foreign-born share is 2%. 76% of homes are owner-occupied.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,161, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 44.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 50%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Ponchatoula
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate36.5% → 14.3%(−22.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$31,182 → $51,161(+64%)US over the same years: +14%
Homes owned by their occupants65.4% → 76.0%(+10.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Ponchatoula's population equals 5.7% of Tangipahoa Parish's. Its number of households without a car equals 3.3% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 4.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)36.8%(160)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.5%(85)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era19.1%(83)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.2%(14)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.5%(11)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 435 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Ponchatoula, decade by decade
Ponchatoula population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
5,425
$31,182
$115,683
13.3%
62.4
2000
5,180
$40,521
$133,892
14.6%
60.8
2010
6,559
$45,660
$203,558
23.9%
64.1
2020
7,822
$45,307
$197,199
17.5%
67.0
2024
7,808
$51,161
$200,300
23.9%
66.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
