Ponchatoula vs Roseland

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

Ponchatoula and Roseland 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 1,125 in Roseland). Ponchatoula has the higher median household income ($47,821 vs $46,003 in Roseland). Ponchatoula has the higher median home value ($194,300 vs $110,900 in Roseland).

Population, income & housing

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
Population	7,839	1,125
Median age	43.9 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,821	$46,003
Median home value	$194,300	$110,900
Median gross rent	$1,079	$819
Housing units	3,677	501
Homeownership rate	77.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
Population	7,195 → 7,839 (+9.0%)	1,099 → 1,125 (+2.4%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $47,821 (+16.1%)	$24,400 → $46,003 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $194,300 (+27.4%)	$66,500 → $110,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,079 (+19.9%)	$725 → $819 (+13.0%)

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

Roseland

Population

1,0991,125

Median household income

$24,400$46,003

Median home value

$66,500$110,900

Median gross rent

$725$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
Under 5	5.3%	21.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.1%
35 to 44	16.4%	6.6%
45 to 54	6.9%	3.6%
55 to 64	22.2%	22.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.3%
75 and over	6.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	44.4%
Black or African American	27.3%	53.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
No high school diploma	12.5%	11.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	63.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	0.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
Drove alone	82.4%	90.2%
Carpooled	2.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	2.3%
Other means	4.9%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
1-unit, detached	73.6%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Ponchatoula	Roseland
Poverty rate	18.6%	53.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	32	34
Median year structure built	1995	1983