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Ponchatoula city is a Census city of 7,808 people across 4.72 square miles of land, in Tangipahoa Parish. Median household income is $51,161, 76.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 19 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $10.5 m.
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Ponchatoula
What Ponchatoula is
- Census place typecity
- Land area4.72 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,655
- County holding the largest share of its areaTangipahoa Parish, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ponchatoula
How many people live in Ponchatoula
- Population7,808
- Median age44.0
- Population under 181,706 plus or minus 386
- Share under 1821.8 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over1,468 plus or minus 347
- Share 65 and over18.8 percent plus or minus 4.4
- Households3,449
- Family households1,879
- Share of households that are families54.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ponchatoula
Income and work in Ponchatoula
- Median household income$51,161 plus or minus $15,758
- Per capita income$32,695
- Civilian labor force3,169
- Employed3,096
- Unemployed73 plus or minus 86
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over5,713
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher88.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ponchatoula
Housing in Ponchatoula
- Housing units3,884
- Occupied units3,449
- Vacant units435 plus or minus 225
- Vacancy rate11.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Owner occupied2,621
- Renter occupied828 plus or minus 258
- Ownership rate76.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$200,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$762 plus or minus $518
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.9 percent plus or minus 13.3
- Single family units3,073
- Share single family79.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more391 plus or minus 220
- Share in buildings of two or more10.1 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Mobile homes420 plus or minus 236
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ponchatoula
How Ponchatoula gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,800
- Commuting under 15 minutes689 plus or minus 193
- Share commuting under 15 minutes24.6 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,485 plus or minus 407
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.0 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Drove alone78.4 percent plus or minus 17.2
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home9.4 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Ponchatoula
SBA loans in Ponchatoula (7(a))
- Approvals19
- Gross approval$10,508,900
- Average approval$553,100
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,330,000
- Largest approval$3,212,000
- Jobs supported236
- Jobs per approval12.4
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more26.3 percent
- Share to franchises15.8 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS16
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Tangipahoa Parish, not Ponchatoula
Tangipahoa Parish context, not Ponchatoula figures
These are Tangipahoa Parish figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ponchatoula measurements.
- Establishments in Tangipahoa Parish2,617
- Employment at those establishments, Tangipahoa Parish39,823
- Covered employment, Tangipahoa Parish47,214
- Average annual pay, Tangipahoa Parish$46,783
- Average weekly wage, Tangipahoa Parish$900
- Housing units permitted, Tangipahoa Parish1,085
- Of those, single family, Tangipahoa Parish699
- County product, 2024, Tangipahoa Parish$6,435,431,000
- County product change over the prior year, Tangipahoa Parish5.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Tangipahoa Parish$47,463
Every figure in this section is published for Tangipahoa Parish as a whole and is not a measurement of Ponchatoula. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ponchatoula questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ponchatoula, Louisiana?
7,808, in 3,449 households. Ponchatoula city covers 4.72 square miles of land, which is 1,655 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ponchatoula in?
Tangipahoa Parish, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ponchatoula?
$51,161. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $200,300. Median gross rent is $762 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Ponchatoula businesses?
19 7(a) approvals totalling $10.5 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $200,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Ponchatoula, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Ponchatoula borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Ponchatoula. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Ponchatoula figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Tangipahoa Parish as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ponchatoula.
Is zoning published for Ponchatoula?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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