Pitkin vs Simpson

A side-by-side comparison of Pitkin and Simpson: population, income, housing, and more.

Pitkin and Simpson are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pitkin has the higher population (460 vs 392 in Simpson). Pitkin has the higher median household income ($111,715 vs $81,071 in Simpson). Since 2019, Pitkin's population has grown faster (-21.8% vs -26.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Pitkin	Simpson
Population	460	392
Median age	41.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$111,715	$81,071
Median home value	—	$147,100
Housing units	343	200
Homeownership rate	93.2%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pitkin	Simpson
Population	588 → 460 (-21.8%)	531 → 392 (-26.2%)
Median household income	$60,469 → $111,715 (+84.7%)	$75,694 → $81,071 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $79,700 (-4.9%)	$125,000 → $147,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$606 → $831 (+37.1%)

Pitkin

Population

588460

Median household income

$60,469$111,715

Median home value

$83,800$79,700

Simpson

Population

531392

Median household income

$75,694$81,071

Median home value

$125,000$147,100

Median gross rent

$606$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pitkin	Simpson
Under 5	7.4%	2.6%
5 to 17	8.9%	10.2%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	34.3%	16.3%
45 to 54	24.3%	20.7%
55 to 64	3.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	2.4%	6.9%
75 and over	17.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pitkin	Simpson
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pitkin	Simpson
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	53.6%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	1.9%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.7%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pitkin	Simpson
Drove alone	100.0%	88.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pitkin	Simpson
1-unit, detached	49.6%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	50.4%	41.0%

Poverty & households

	Pitkin	Simpson
Poverty rate	5.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.60	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1969	1985