Natalbany vs Ponchatoula

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

Natalbany 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 2,837 in Natalbany). Ponchatoula has the higher median household income ($47,821 vs $31,430 in Natalbany). Ponchatoula has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $148,800 in Natalbany).

Population, income & housing

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
Population	2,837	7,839
Median age	27.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$31,430	$47,821
Median home value	$148,800	$194,300
Median gross rent	$1,068	$1,079
Housing units	1,274	3,677
Homeownership rate	22.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	12.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
Population	2,908 → 2,837 (-2.4%)	7,195 → 7,839 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$35,237 → $31,430 (-10.8%)	$41,184 → $47,821 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$114,800 → $148,800 (+29.6%)	$152,500 → $194,300 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $1,068 (+26.2%)	$900 → $1,079 (+19.9%)

Natalbany

Population

2,9082,837

Median household income

$35,237$31,430

Median home value

$114,800$148,800

Median gross rent

$846$1,068

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)

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
Under 5	12.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	16.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	24.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	4.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	4.2%	22.2%
65 to 74	5.0%	13.0%
75 and over	6.2%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	64.5%
Black or African American	48.2%	27.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
No high school diploma	31.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	34.1%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	15.6%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
Drove alone	70.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	27.4%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
1-unit, detached	28.0%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	27.9%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	31.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Natalbany	Ponchatoula
Poverty rate	46.4%	18.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	2000	1995