It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Amite has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Amite has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Amite than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Amite may be for you.
One of the benefits of Amite is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.52 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Amite does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Amite citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.74% of adults 25 and older in Amite have a college degree.
The per capita income in Amite in 2018 was $22,696, 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 $90,784 for a family of four.
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 Chinese.
