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Ponchatoula, LA

7,808 Population
4.7 square miles 1,654.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 35.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Louisiana: 38 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,695 ±$5,450 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $31,792 ±$1,910
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $35,038 ±$248
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,161 ±$15,758 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $56,760 ±$2,614
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $60,756 ±$408
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.3% ±6.3% (1,101  ±488) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 19.2% 25,394 (±1.9% / ±2,497)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Louisiana: 18.9% 848,967 (±0.3% / ±13,955)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.3 minutes ±2.6 (93,310  ±19,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 29.6 1,600,590 (±0.9 / ±68,949)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Louisiana: 25.7 46,906,036 (±0.2 / ±362,947)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,449 ±394 Number of households
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 51,999 ±827
  • Louisiana: 1,804,780 ±5,143
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (7,652  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6 132,670 (±0 / ±89)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Louisiana: 2.5 4,488,126
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±3.1% (41  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.3% † 2,074 (±1.6% / ±528)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 5.7% 61,378 (±0.2% / ±2,325)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,884 ±383 Number of housing units
  • the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 60,006 ±75
  • Louisiana: 2,108,902 ±333
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,300 ±$23,441 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: $212,900 ±$6,641
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Louisiana: $216,500 ±$1,367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.7% ±4.2% (600  ±322.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 13.7% † 18,393 (±1.6% / ±2,169.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Louisiana: 11.4% 520,360 (±0.2% / ±10,157.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.7% ±10.3% (5,067  ±679.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 83.7% 75,066 (±2.9% / ±2,622.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Louisiana: 87.3% 2,711,692 (±0.5% / ±14,180.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.9% ±4.8% (1,363  ±290.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 20.8% 18,671 (±1.4% / ±1,281)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Louisiana: 27% 840,382 (±0.3% / ±8,276.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±1.2% (146  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 2.6% 3,528
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Louisiana: 4.9% 224,537
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±2.8% (435  ±173) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hammond, LA Metro Area: 6.2% † 6,438 (±0.7% / ±765)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Louisiana: 6.1% 212,834 (±0.1% / ±3,526)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
435 Total veterans ±173 429 Male ±170 6 Female ±26

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