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Home values, rents and more in Ponchatoula, LA

September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07

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Typical home value
$247,000
Metro: $222,000 · U.S.: $366,000
Home values, past year
+1.8%
Metro: +1.0% · U.S.: +1.2%
Typical rent
$1,675/mo
Metro: $1,315 · U.S.: $1,932
Rents, past year
+0.8%
Metro: +2.9% · U.S.: +2.9%
Population
7,808
ACS 2020–24
Median household income
$51,161
Metro: $56,760 · U.S.: $80,734
ZIP codes around Ponchatoula, LA, shaded by typical home valuePonchatoula
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ZIP codes around Ponchatoula, LA, shaded by typical home value (Zillow, ZIP codes). Dashed lines are county borders. Ponchatoula is outlined.

How Ponchatoula compares

The typical home in Ponchatoula, LA is worth about $247,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in Ponchatoula are 11% above the typical value in the Hammond metro area ($222,000) and 33% below the U.S. typical value ($366,000).

Over the past year, home values in Ponchatoula rose 1.8%, compared with +1.0% in the Hammond metro area and +1.2% nationally.

Typical rent is $1,675 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 27% above the Hammond metro area ($1,315) and 13% below the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 0.8% over the past year.

The median household income is $51,161, against $56,760 in the Hammond metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).

About 7,808 people live in Ponchatoula (American Community Survey 2020–24).

Ponchatoula has the highest typical home value of the 7 cities in the Hammond metro area and the 43rd-highest of 244 in Louisiana with Zillow figures.

Part of: Tangipahoa Parish, LA · Hammond metro area · Louisiana

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Sources

Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.

"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.

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