Fort Drum is a medium-sized town located in the state of New York. With a population of 15,896 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Drum is the largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Fort Drum was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Fort Drum economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Fort Drum, where the median household income is $56,559.00.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Fort Drum, employing 37.55% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Retail and Public Service industries employ 22.16% and 14.65% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

Of important note, Fort Drum is also a town of artists. Fort Drum has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fort Drum’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 13.47% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Fort Drum’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

One of the benefits of Fort Drum is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.82 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, Fort Drum does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Fort Drum is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.13% of adults in Fort Drum have a college degree.

The per capita income in Fort Drum in 2022 was $21,970, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $87,880 for a family of four. However, Fort Drum contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fort Drum is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Drum home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Drum residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Drum also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.16% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Drum include German, Irish, English, Italian, and African.

The most common language spoken in Fort Drum is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.