Fort Stewart is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 8,821 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Stewart is the 112th largest community in Georgia.Fort Stewart is a military town: the armed forces employs 29.63% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Public Service and Accommodation are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 18.50% and 17.00% of the civilian workforce respectively. The overall crime rate in Fort Stewart is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. One of the benefits of Fort Stewart is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.30 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 Stewart does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Fort Stewart citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.28% of adults 25 and older in Fort Stewart have a college degree. The per capita income in Fort Stewart in 2022 was $18,963, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $75,852 for a family of four. However, Fort Stewart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Stewart is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Stewart home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Stewart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Stewart also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.10% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Stewart include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Fort Stewart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
