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. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fort Drum, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fort Drum, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fort Drum’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fort Drum does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $63,194.00.

Fort Drum is a military town: the armed forces employs 38.70% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.06% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Fort Drum spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 13.17 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Being a small town, Fort Drum does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Fort Drum citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.