Fort Polk is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,470 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 37.88% 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 Public Service industries employ 22.51% and 17.12% of the civilian workforce, respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Polk has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The overall crime rate in Fort Polk 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. 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 14.09 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.The education level of Fort Polk citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 24.47% of adults in Fort Polk have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Polk in 2022 was $26,389, 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 $105,556 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 23.17% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Polk include German, English, Italian, Irish, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Fort Polk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
