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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Pitkin, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Pitkin, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Pitkin’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Pitkin does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $116,419.00.

Pitkin is a military town: the armed forces employs 39.42% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Professional, scientific, and technical services are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 46.39% and 40.36% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Pitkin is worth considering.

In Pitkin, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Pitkin is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Pitkin isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Pitkin 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 education level of Pitkin ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Pitkin, 40.90% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Pitkin in 2022 was $56,135, which is wealthy relative to Louisiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $224,540 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 English, Italian, German, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

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