Black River vs Fort Drum

A side-by-side comparison of Black River and Fort Drum: population, income, housing, and more.

Black River and Fort Drum are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Drum has the higher population (16,124 vs 1,880 in Black River). Black River has the higher median household income ($81,111 vs $63,194 in Fort Drum). Since 2019, Black River's population has grown faster (+50.9% vs +23.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Black River	Fort Drum
Population	1,880	16,124
Median age	38.1 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,111	$63,194
Median home value	$211,000	—
Median gross rent	$957	$1,563
Housing units	846	5,293
Homeownership rate	62.9%	3.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black River	Fort Drum
Population	1,246 → 1,880 (+50.9%)	13,020 → 16,124 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$59,750 → $81,111 (+35.8%)	$50,711 → $63,194 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$182,500 → $211,000 (+15.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$791 → $957 (+21.0%)	$1,393 → $1,563 (+12.2%)

Black River

Population

1,2461,880

Median household income

$59,750$81,111

Median home value

$182,500$211,000

Median gross rent

$791$957

Fort Drum

Population

13,02016,124

Median household income

$50,711$63,194

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black River	Fort Drum
Under 5	4.4%	14.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	26.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	28.5%
35 to 44	23.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	3.4%
55 to 64	9.3%	0.4%
65 to 74	9.3%	0.1%
75 and over	4.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black River	Fort Drum
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	58.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	3.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black River	Fort Drum
No high school diploma	3.6%	2.3%
High school graduate	34.1%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black River	Fort Drum
Drove alone	90.4%	65.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	3.6%	14.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black River	Fort Drum
1-unit, detached	73.5%	12.7%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	40.4%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	36.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	9.9%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Black River	Fort Drum
Poverty rate	13.7%	8.2%
Average household size	2.43	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	16	11
Median year structure built	1971	2003