Amite City vs Ponchatoula

A side-by-side comparison of Amite City and Ponchatoula: population, income, housing, and more.

Amite City and Ponchatoula are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ponchatoula has the higher population (7,839 vs 4,036 in Amite City). Ponchatoula has the higher median household income ($47,821 vs $45,850 in Amite City). Ponchatoula has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $116,900 in Amite City).

Population, income & housing

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
Population	4,036	7,839
Median age	39.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,850	$47,821
Median home value	$116,900	$194,300
Median gross rent	$908	$1,079
Housing units	1,967	3,677
Homeownership rate	48.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
Population	4,401 → 4,036 (-8.3%)	7,195 → 7,839 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$48,140 → $45,850 (-4.8%)	$41,184 → $47,821 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $116,900 (-26.0%)	$152,500 → $194,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $908 (+13.1%)	$900 → $1,079 (+19.9%)

Amite City

Population

4,4014,036

Median household income

$48,140$45,850

Median home value

$157,900$116,900

Median gross rent

$803$908

Ponchatoula

Population

7,1957,839

Median household income

$41,184$47,821

Median home value

$152,500$194,300

Median gross rent

$900$1,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
Under 5	2.1%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	21.4%	16.4%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	22.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	13.0%
75 and over	8.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
White (non-Hispanic)	31.7%	64.5%
Black or African American	61.3%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
No high school diploma	15.8%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.2%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
Drove alone	73.6%	82.4%
Carpooled	16.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	10.3%
Other means	1.7%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
1-unit, detached	73.1%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	18.4%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Amite City	Ponchatoula
Poverty rate	10.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1973	1995