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.
In Ponchatoula, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.65 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
In terms of college education, Ponchatoula is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.68% of adults 25 and older in Ponchatoula have a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
