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 $56,559.00.

Fort Drum is a military town: the armed forces employs 37.55% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Public Service are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.47% 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.

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.

The overall education level of Fort Drum citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.13% of adults in Fort Drum have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

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.