Amite is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 4,086 people and four associated neighborhoods, Amite is the 113th largest community in Louisiana.

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, Amite has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Amite a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Amite is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The percentage of adults in Amite who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.36% of the adults in Amite have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Amite in 2022 was $22,208, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,832 for a family of four. However, Amite contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Amite is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Amite home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Amite residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Amite include Irish, English, Italian, French, and German.

The most common language spoken in Amite is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.