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. 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 $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.Unlike some cities, Ponchatoula isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ponchatoula are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ponchatoula is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ponchatoula who work in sales jobs (12.95%), business and financial occupations (11.23%), and office and administrative support (10.73%). 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. 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. In Ponchatoula, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.06 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Ponchatoula doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Ponchatoula citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.39% of adults in Ponchatoula have at least a bachelor's 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.
