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Ponchatoula, LA

7,839 Population
4.7 square miles 1,661.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 35.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 37.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,521 ±$5,653 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $30,992 ±$2,000
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $34,211 ±$247
$47,821 ±$16,754 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $57,256 ±$4,845
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,023 ±$491

18.6% ±8.3% (1,440  ±645) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 19.4% 25,465 (±1.8% / ±2,398)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,769 (±0.3% / ±14,766)

32 minutes ±3.8 (80,470  ±17,906) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 29.5 1,582,935 (±1.2 / ±82,571)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 25.8 47,566,968 (±0.2 / ±402,285)

Families

3,318 ±328 Number of households
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 50,191 ±853
  • Louisiana: 1,783,168 ±5,717
2.3 ±0.2 (7,690  ±86) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6 131,235 (±0 / ±119)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,497,152

1.7% ±2.1% (29  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.6% † 2,188 (±1.6% / ±526)
  • about one-third of the rate in Louisiana: 5.6% 60,096 (±0.2% / ±2,274)

Housing

3,677 ±401 Number of housing units
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 58,663 ±69
  • Louisiana: 2,094,002 ±454

$194,300 ±$19,148 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $204,600 ±$7,651
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $208,700 ±$1,365

12% ±6.9% (935  ±540) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 13.7% † 18,142 (±1.5% / ±2,040.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 11.9% 543,392 (±0.2% / ±10,090.1)

Social

87.5% ±10.6% (5,135  ±715.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 83.9% 74,266 (±3.2% / ±2,804.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 86.9% 2,702,854 (±0.5% / ±14,218.9)
22.4% ±5% (1,314  ±304.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 22.2% 19,683 (±1.7% / ±1,488.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 26.6% 825,794 (±0.3% / ±7,861)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±1.4% (213  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.5% 3,375
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.7% 218,450

6.5% ±3.1% (397  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6% † 6,060 (±0.6% / ±633)
  • a little higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.2% 217,225 (±0.1% / ±3,492)
397 Total veterans ±191 397 Male ±191 N/A Female ±20

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