Pitkin is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 455 people and two associated neighborhoods, Pitkin is the 292nd largest community in Louisiana. Pitkin has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Pitkin, where the median household income is $111,715.00.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Pitkin, employing 48.03% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Healthcare and Professional, scientific, and technical services industries employ 43.18% and 41.67% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

In addition, Pitkin is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pitkin has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pitkin a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

One downside of living in Pitkin is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Pitkin, the average commute to work is 37.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Pitkin is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Pitkin, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Pitkin does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Pitkin citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.68% of adults in Pitkin have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pitkin in 2022 was $55,834, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $223,336 for a family of four. However, Pitkin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Pitkin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pitkin residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Pitkin include Italian, German, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Pitkin is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.