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 $63,194.00.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Fort Drum, employing 38.70% 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 15.55% and 12.87% 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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 14.06% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One of the benefits of Fort Drum is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.17 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.

As is often the case in a small town, Fort Drum doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The citizens of Fort Drum are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.24% of adults in Fort Drum have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Drum in 2022 was $26,230, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,920 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 19.39% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Drum include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.

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