Fort Polk is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,214 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Polk is the 54th largest community in Louisiana.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Fort Polk, employing 44.06% 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 Healthcare industries employ 20.07% and 15.09% of the civilian workforce, respectively.

A relatively large number of people in Fort Polk telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.57% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Polk spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.35 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

The overall education level of Fort Polk citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.23% of adults in Fort Polk have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Fort Polk in 2022 was $29,476, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,904 for a family of four. However, Fort Polk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fort Polk is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Polk home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Polk residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Polk also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.87% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Polk include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.

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