City Ponchatoula is a city in Louisiana, in Tangipahoa Parish.
The median owner-occupied home in Ponchatoula had a real-estate tax bill of $844 (± $84) a year, compared with $1,146 in Louisiana and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $194,300 (± $19,148), compared with $208,700 in Louisiana and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Ponchatoula | Louisiana | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,839 ± 18 | 4,621,025 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $844 ± $84 | $1,146 ± $14 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $194,300 ± $19,148 | $208,700 ± $1,365 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $47,821 ± $16,754rough guide only: the margin of error is 35% of the estimate | $60,023 ± $491 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.43% ± 0.06 points | 0.55% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 77.3% ± 9.2 points | 67.3% ± 0.4 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 35.3% ± 8.4 points | 32.7% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 20.3% ± 7.0 pointsrough guide only: the margin of error is 34% of the estimate | 19.4% ± 0.3 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
If property taxes go unpaid in Louisiana
How it works. For tax liens arising under the post-2025 regime, political subdivision conducts tax-lien auction/certificate process followed by judicial recognition/enforcement and sheriff judicial sale; older tax-sale-title/adjudication cases remain under legacy rules
Excess sale money. R.S. 47:2267 distributes judicial-sale proceeds after costs to certificate holder, other tax-lien holders, recorded mortgages/liens/privileges, then to each owner according to interest; undeliverable surplus goes to court registry and after one year to unclaimed-property process. R.S. 47:2211 separately governs excess proceeds for certain political-subdivision sales
These rules are set by Louisiana, not by Ponchatoula, so this section is the same for every place in the state. Last verified 2026-09-25. See the full Louisiana entry with statute links.