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. Much of the housing stock in Pitkin was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Pitkin economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Pitkin, where the median household income is $111,715.00.

Pitkin is a military town: the armed forces employs 48.03% 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 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 very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Pitkin is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Pitkin has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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 population of Pitkin is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.