Drinking water stations with addresses in Ponchatoula and their reported violations in the past:
HUDSPETH MOBILE HOME PK (Address: 41248 RUE MAISON, Population served: 188, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2004)
BAYWOOD ESTATES SUBD. (Address: 17469 BAYWOOD DRIVE, Population served: 184, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and JUL-01-2000, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (JUL-01-2000)
CHARLES ROSE MHP (Address: 18230 ROSE DRIVE, Population served: 168, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In JUN-2001, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUL-09-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUL-09-2001), St Public Notif received (JUL-31-2001)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-2000, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-27-2001), St Violation/Reminder Notice (JUN-27-2001)
Past monitoring violations:
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-2004 and DEC-2025, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (OCT-11-2004)
- CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between OCT-19-1999 and MAR-11-2004, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: Fed Compliance achieved (MAR-11-2004)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  31.7% | | Whole state: |  19.6% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 17.6% | | Whole state: | 9.4% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ponchatoula, LA
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Ponchatoula compared to Louisiana state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value below state average.
- Black race population percentage above state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Ponchatoula (2009 data):
- Fidelity Homestead Savings Bank: Your Bank Branch at 1639 Highway 51, branch established on 2004-11-03. Info updated 2007-11-29: Bank assets: $878.0 mil, Deposits: $693.1 mil, headquarters in New Orleans, LA, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 18 total offices
- Whitney National Bank: Ponchatoula Branch at 545 W. Pine Street, branch established on 2002-03-15. Info updated 2008-12-22: Bank assets: $12,368.3 mil, Deposits: $9,267.1 mil, headquarters in New Orleans, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 182 total offices, Holding Company: Whitney Holding Corporation
- American Bank & Trust Company: American Bank And Trust Loan Product at 1180 Highway 51 North, Suite B, branch established on 2007-01-29. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $111.1 mil, Deposits: $101.4 mil, headquarters in Covington, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 5 total offices, Holding Company: American Bancshares - Red River, Inc.
- Central Progressive Bank: Ponchatoula Branch at 200 West Hickory Street, branch established on 1983-04-28. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $437.4 mil, Deposits: $365.1 mil, headquarters in Lacombe, LA, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 20 total offices, Holding Company: Blossman Bancshares, Inc.
- Hancock Bank of Louisiana: Ponchatoula Branch at 960 West Pine, branch established on 1986-04-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $3,016.8 mil, Deposits: $2,426.0 mil, headquarters in Baton Rouge, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 50 total offices, Holding Company: Hancock Holding Company
- Regions Bank: Ponchatoula Branch at 301 West Pine Street, branch established on 1969-01-02. Info updated 2009-02-09: Bank assets: $142,084.0 mil, Deposits: $95,926.0 mil, headquarters in Birmingham, AL, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 1946 total offices, Holding Company: Regions Financial Corporation
- First Guaranty Bank: Ponchatoula Branch at 170 West Hickory Street, branch established on 1934-03-12. Info updated 2007-11-21: Bank assets: $870.8 mil, Deposits: $780.5 mil, headquarters in Hammond, LA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 16 total offices, Holding Company: First Guaranty Bancshares, Inc.
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (53%)
- Electricity (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Religion statistics for Ponchatoula
| Name | Southern Baptist Convention | Catholic Church | United Methodist Church | Assemblies of God | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
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| Adherents | 47.8% | 31.1% | 5.3% | 3.5% | 1.8% |
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| Congregations | 42.5% | 5.0% | 9.2% | 3.3% | 2.5% |
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| Name | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Churches of Christ | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | American Baptist Association | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.2% | 5.0% |
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| Congregations | 2.5% | 8.3% | 1.7% | 4.2% | 20.8% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
3 | $9,571 | $38,284 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
5 | $14,523 | $34,855 | 5 | $2,500 |
| Judicial and Legal |
2 | $5,257 | $31,542 | 0 | $0 |
| Police Protection - Officers |
20 | $45,946 | $27,568 | 0 | $0 |
| Police - Other |
3 | $5,355 | $21,420 | 0 | $0 |
| Firefighters |
6 | $12,481 | $24,962 | 4 | $4,916 |
| Streets and Highways |
5 | $8,645 | $20,748 | 0 | $0 |
| Sewerage |
3 | $9,651 | $38,604 | 0 | $0 |
| Housing and Community Development(Local) |
5 | $13,088 | $31,411 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
3 | $5,678 | $22,712 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
2 | $4,779 | $28,674 | 3 | $1,758 |
| Totals for Government |
57 | $134,974 | $28,416 | 12 | $9,174 |
Ponchatoula government finances in 2002:
- Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $6,000
- Charges - Sewerage: $738,000
Solid Waste Management: $291,000
Housing & Community Development: $185,000
All Other: $183,000
- Construction - Housing & Community Development: $195,000
Sewerage: $170,000
General: $19,000
- Current Operations - Police Protection: $832,000
Housing & Community Development: $560,000
Regular Highways: $548,000
Fire Protection: $416,000
Central Staff Services: $388,000
Sewerage: $358,000
Solid Waste Management: $257,000
Financial Administration: $208,000
Parks & Recreation: $177,000
General - Other: $155,000
Water Utilities: $132,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - Housing & Community Development: $573,000
All Other: $26,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $161,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $3,275,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,520,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $1,465,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $290,000
- Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $105,000
General Revenue, NEC: $69,000
Property Sale Other: $48,000
- Other Capital Outlay - General - Other: $137,000
Sewerage: $101,000
Water Utilities: $65,000
Housing & Community Development: $29,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $2,569,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $268,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $703,000
- State Intergovernmental - All Other: $458,000
Housing & Community Development: $32,000
- Tax - Total General Sales: $1,824,000
Property: $407,000
NEC: $349,000
Public Utilities: $143,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $1,455,000
11.62% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($31,432 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 11.62% | | Louisiana average: | 8.89% |
0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($105 average AGI)| Tangipahoa Parish: | 0.14% | | Louisiana average: | 0.11% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
6.77% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,318 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 6.77% | | Louisiana average: | 13.45% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($182 average AGI)| Tangipahoa Parish: | 0.04% | | Louisiana average: | 0.07% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Ponchatoula:
- WWL (870 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WOMN (1110 AM; daytime; 30 kW; FRANKLINTON, LA; Owner: PITTMAN BROADCASTING SERVICES, LLC.)
- WLNO (1060 AM; 50 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: COMMUNICOM CO. OF LOUISIANA, L.P.)
- WFPR (1400 AM; 1 kW; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC)
- WSKR (1210 AM; 10 kW; DENHAM SPRINGS, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WFNO (830 AM; 5 kW; NORCO, LA; Owner: WFNO, L.L.C.)
- WTIX (690 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: WTIX, INC.)
- WSJC (810 AM; 50 kW; MAGEE, MS; Owner: FAMILY TALK RADIO)
- WYLD (940 AM; 10 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- KTIB (640 AM; 5 kW; THIBODAUX, LA; Owner: LA TERR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WJNT (1180 AM; 50 kW; PEARL, MS; Owner: BUCHANAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WSMB (1350 AM; 5 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WODT (1280 AM; 5 kW; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Ponchatoula:
- WHMD (107.1 FM; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC)
- KSTE-FM (104.1 FM; HOUMA, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WCKW-FM (92.3 FM; LAPLACE, LA; Owner: 222 CORPORATION)
- KSLU (90.9 FM; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY)
- WBBE (103.3 FM; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WEMX (94.1 FM; KENTWOOD, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WFMF (102.5 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WDGL (98.1 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, LLC)
- WYPY (100.7 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF BATON ROUGE, LLC)
- WYNK-FM (101.5 FM; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WQUE-FM (93.3 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WTGG (96.5 FM; AMITE, LA; Owner: SOUTHWEST BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WKSY (106.1 FM; PICAYUNE, MS; Owner: GUARANTY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC)
- WNOE-FM (101.1 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WRNO-FM (99.5 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WLMG (101.9 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WEZB (97.1 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WYLD-FM (98.5 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WTKL (95.7 FM; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: ENTERCOM NEW ORLEANS LICENSE, LLC)
- WPRF (94.9 FM; RESERVE, LA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
TV broadcast stations around Ponchatoula:
- WSTY-LP (Channel 23; HAMMOND, LA; Owner: AMERICAN TELEVISION, INC.)
- WAFB (Channel 9; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: WAFB, L.L.C)
- WBRZ-TV (Channel 2; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: LOUISIANA TELEVISION BROADCASTING, LLC)
- WVLA (Channel 33; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: KNIGHT BROADCASTING OF BATON ROUGE LIC. CORP.)
- WGMB (Channel 44; BATON ROUGE, LA; Owner: COMCORP OF BATON ROUGE LICENSE CORP.)
- WUPL (Channel 54; SLIDELL, LA; Owner: UPN TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
- WGNO (Channel 26; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION NEW ORLEANS, INC.)
- WNOL-TV (Channel 38; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION NEW ORLEANS, INC.)
- WLAE-TV (Channel 32; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING FOUNDATION, INC.)
- WWL-TV (Channel 4; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: WWL-TV, INC.)
- WLPN-LP (Channel 61; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: GLENN R. & KARIN A. PLUMMER)
- WYES-TV (Channel 12; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: GREATER NEW ORLEANS ED TV FOUNDATION)
- WBXN-CA (Channel 10; NEW ORLEANS, LA; Owner: THE BOX WORLDWIDE LLC)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Ponchatoula, Louisiana:
- Fatal accident count: 35
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 48
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 8
- Fatalities: 47
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 112
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 8
Louisiana average:
- Fatal accident count: 112
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 167
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 32
- Fatalities: 122
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 295
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 18
See more detailed statistics of Ponchatoula fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 9
Total length: 104 meters (341ft)
Total costs: $841,000
Total average daily traffic: 166,000
Total average daily truck traffic: 13,665
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Ponchatoula)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 13 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 5- 1 Km W, Type: Tower, Structure height: 104 m, Call Sign: WNWT200
Assigned Frequencies : 857.512 MHz, 856.062 MHz, 858.662 MHz, 859.112 MHz, 859.662 MHz, 861.012 MHz
Grant Date: 04/30/2002, Expiration Date: 03/06/2011, Certifier: James W Parker
Registrant: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP, 600 Thirteenth Street N.W., Washington, DC 20005-3096, Phone: (202) 756-8282, Fax: (202) 756-8087, Email:
- 300 Blk Of N 4th St, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91 m, Overall height: 97 m, Call Sign: KKM531
Assigned Frequencies : 155.190 MHz
Grant Date: 01/06/2006, Expiration Date: 02/08/2016, Certifier: Tim Gideon
Registrant: Ponchatoula Police Dept., 110 West Hickory Street, Ponchatoula, LA 70454, Phone: (985) 386-6548, Fax: (985) 386-7691, Email:
- 1 Km W, Type: Tower, Structure height: 104 m, Overall height: 108 m, Call Sign: WPRG398
Assigned Frequencies : 855.587 MHz, 859.912 MHz
Grant Date: 08/17/2005, Expiration Date: 09/12/2015, Certifier: James W Palmer
Registrant: Saic/Entergy Services Inc, 425 W Capitol, Little Rock, AR 72203-0551, Phone: (501) 377-4416, Fax: (501) 377-4320, Email:
- 910 West Pine St, Call Sign: WPVB718
Assigned Frequencies : 468.762 MHz, 468.837 MHz, 469.137 MHz, 469.462 MHz, 469.637 MHz, 469.887 MHz, 457.512 MHz, 457.537 MHz, 457.562 MHz, 457.587 MHz, 457.612 MHz
Grant Date: 06/13/2002, Expiration Date: 06/13/2012, Certifier: Carl Dunaway
Registrant: Dunaway Food Service, Inc, Mccomb, MS 39649, Phone: (601) 249-3534, Fax: (601) 249-3576, Email:
- 1 Km W, Type: Tower, Structure height: 104 m, Call Sign: WQIJ832
Assigned Frequencies : 852.212 MHz, 852.762 MHz, 853.262 MHz, 851.712 MHz, 853.912 MHz
Grant Date: 07/27/2006, Expiration Date: 03/06/2011, Certifier: James L Wheaton
Registrant: Sprint Nextel Corporation, 2001 Edmund Halley Drive, Reston, VA 20191, Phone: (703) 433-4000, Fax: (703) 433-4035
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 4- LAKE JU-LU, 41027 Dunson Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 97.5 m, Call Sign: WQDM681
Assigned Frequencies : 6375.14 MHz, 6197.24 MHz, 6256.54 MHz, 6315.84 MHz, 6375.14 MHz, 6226.89 MHz, 6286.19 MHz, 6345.49 MHz, 6404.79 MHz
Grant Date: 10/03/2005, Expiration Date: 04/01/2006, Cancelation Date: 03/28/2006, Certifier: Richard A Craig
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, One Verizon Place (Mc: Ga3b1reg), Alpharetta, GA 30004-8511, Phone: (678) 339-4277, Fax: (678) 339-8552, Email:
- LAKE JULU, 41027 Dunson Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 97.5 m, Call Sign: WQEZ257
6197.24 MHz, 6256.54 MHz, 6315.84 MHz, 6375.14 MHz, 6286.19 MHz, 6404.79 MHz, 6226.89 MHz, 6345.49 MHz, 6226.89 MHz, 6286.19 MHz... (+6 more)
Grant Date: 05/23/2006, Expiration Date: 05/23/2016, Certifier: Richard A Craig
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy, #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
- BEDICO PARK, 28239 Stanga Lane, Type: Tower, Structure height: 91.4 m, Overall height: 97.5 m, Call Sign: WQJB470
Assigned Frequencies : 6034.15 MHz, 6093.45 MHz
Grant Date: 07/15/2008, Expiration Date: 07/15/2018, Certifier: Pamelia Y Hoof
Registrant: Verizon Wireless, 1120 Sanctuary Pkwy #150 Gasa5reg, Alpharetta, GA 30004, Phone: (770) 797-1070, Fax: (770) 797-1036, Email:
- STATION, St. Hwy 22 1 Mi. W. Of, Overall height: 108.2 m, Call Sign: KKQ59
Assigned Frequencies : 6605.00 MHz, 6565.00 MHz
Grant Date: 02/12/2002, Expiration Date: 04/15/2012
Registrant: Phone: (501) 377-5609
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 56 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Ponchatoula)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 16 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Ponchatoula)
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