What is the population of Ponchatoula city?

Ponchatoula city has 7,839 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 489 in Louisiana.

What is the median household income in Ponchatoula city?

Median household income in Ponchatoula city is $47,821 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ponchatoula city?

Median gross rent is $1,079 a month and the median home value is $194,300, so rent absorbs about 27.1% of median household income.

Is Ponchatoula city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ponchatoula city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ponchatoula, LA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ponchatoula, Louisiana (Ponchatoula, LA — Census place “Ponchatoula city”) is 7,839 residents, ranking #72 of 489 places in Louisiana. Median household income is $47,821, the median home is worth $194,300 and median gross rent runs $1,079 a month. Looking for the Ponchatoula Louisiana ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ponchatoula, LA: 70454.

Population: 7,839Ponchatoula city residents
Median household income: $47,821Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $194,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,079Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 77.3%Owner-occupied households

Ponchatoula ZIP codes (Louisiana)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ponchatoula.

The Ponchatoula LA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

70454

What the numbers mean in Ponchatoula city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ponchatoula city median would spend about 27.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.6% of residents and 77.3% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ponchatoula city, LA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ponchatoula city is a mid-size town in Louisiana, with 7,839 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #72 of 489 ranked by population — larger than 85% of them. The median age here is 43.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Ponchatoula city earn a median of $47,821 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $53,775 median for the 268 Louisiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 18.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ponchatoula city is valued at $194,300, 36% below the national figure and 12% above the $173,000 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,079 a month, 23.3% below the national figure, or roughly $12,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 77.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ponchatoula city?: Ponchatoula city has 7,839 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #72 of 489 in Louisiana.
What is the median household income in Ponchatoula city?: Median household income in Ponchatoula city is $47,821 a year, 39.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ponchatoula city?: Median gross rent is $1,079 a month and the median home value is $194,300, so rent absorbs about 27.1% of median household income.
Is Ponchatoula city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ponchatoula city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ponchatoula city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.