Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Ponchatoula population, 2020 to 2024

Ponchatoula lost 93 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -30. Among 59 Louisiana places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 22nd; the median place changed by -2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in Louisiana has 11,686 people, so Ponchatoula is 66% of it.

Ponchatoula covers 4.72 square miles of land, for 1,639 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Ponchatoula is close to the typical town.

What county Ponchatoula is in

All of Ponchatoula's residents live in Tangipahoa Parish, which had 139,823 residents in 2024. Ponchatoula holds 5.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ponchatoula

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ponchatoula by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 70454. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Ponchatoula is

The Census internal point of Ponchatoula is at 30.440600, -90.442800. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 44.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hammond, LA (23,426 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 40.5 miles away.

Daylight in Ponchatoula

At 30.44° N, Ponchatoula gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ponchatoula

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Hammond, 4.6 miles away, with 23,426 people.