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.37.88% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Fort Polk. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Retail and Public Service industries respectively employ 22.51% and 17.12% of the civilian workforce. 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. Fort Polk’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 Polk is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.09 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.The population of Fort Polk overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Fort Polk, 24.47% 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.
