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. Fort Drum has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fort Drum, where the median household income is $62,291.00.

The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Fort Drum, employing 37.10% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Healthcare and Retail industries employ 19.24% and 13.25% 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.

A relatively large number of people in Fort Drum telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.69% 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.

In addition, Fort Drum is a college town. There are a lot of students in Fort Drum attending college, and as a result Fort Drum provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

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 12.67 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.

Fort Drum is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

The citizens of Fort Drum are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.83% of adults in Fort Drum have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Drum in 2022 was $25,938, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,752 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 20.82% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Drum include German, English, Irish, Italian, and African.

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