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Fort Drum, NY

16,124 Population
14.3 square miles 1,124.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

23.4 ±0.7 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 33.2 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$26,230 ±$1,942 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $34,603 ±$1,038
  • about half the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$63,194 ±$12,834 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: $64,978 ±$2,730
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

8.2% ±3.8% (1,131  ±524) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 13.4% 14,832 (±1.3% / ±1,454)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

11.4 minutes ±1.4 (89,920  ±12,608) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.6 990,790 (±0.6 / ±36,365)
  • about one-third of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

5,070 ±352 Number of households
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 46,701 ±714
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.7 ±0.2 (13,872  ±707) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 2.4 111,226 (±0 / ±250)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

13.8% ±5.3% (617  ±241) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 6.4% † 1,619 (±1.2% / ±309)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

5,293 ±354 Number of housing units
  • the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 61,721 ±128
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

37.3% ±5.9% (5,751  ±943.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 19.5% 22,350 (±1.5% / ±1,691.9)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

97.8% ±7.4% (6,897  ±748.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 91.3% 68,151 (±2.2% / ±1,645.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
37.2% ±5.3% (2,628  ±426.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 25.7% 19,164 (±1.2% / ±929.7)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.9% ±3.2% (1,437  ±517) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 4.7% 5,424
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

18.2% ±6.1% (895  ±311) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area: 12.3% 9,485 (±0.8% / ±623)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
895 Total veterans ±311 429 Male ±209 466 Female ±245

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