Kentwood vs Ponchatoula

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

Kentwood 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 2,057 in Kentwood). Ponchatoula has the higher median household income ($47,821 vs $32,074 in Kentwood). Ponchatoula has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $93,000 in Kentwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
Population	2,057	7,839
Median age	35.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$32,074	$47,821
Median home value	$93,000	$194,300
Median gross rent	$875	$1,079
Housing units	966	3,677
Homeownership rate	53.5%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
Population	2,112 → 2,057 (-2.6%)	7,195 → 7,839 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$29,076 → $32,074 (+10.3%)	$41,184 → $47,821 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $93,000 (+16.5%)	$152,500 → $194,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $875 (+22.0%)	$900 → $1,079 (+19.9%)

Kentwood

Population

2,1122,057

Median household income

$29,076$32,074

Median home value

$79,800$93,000

Median gross rent

$717$875

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)

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
Under 5	7.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	16.0%	16.4%
45 to 54	7.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	8.5%	22.2%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.0%
75 and over	6.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
White (non-Hispanic)	26.5%	64.5%
Black or African American	66.9%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
No high school diploma	27.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
Drove alone	62.3%	82.4%
Carpooled	28.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	7.1%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
1-unit, detached	75.8%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	22.2%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Kentwood	Ponchatoula
Poverty rate	36.2%	18.6%
Average household size	2.80	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1970	1995