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. Ponchatoula has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Ponchatoula, where 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.31% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One downside of living in Ponchatoula is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ponchatoula, the average commute to work is 33.06 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Being a small city, Ponchatoula does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Ponchatoula are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.39% of adults in Ponchatoula having a bachelor's degree or advanced 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.
