Calcium vs Fort Drum

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

Calcium 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 3,245 in Calcium). Calcium has the higher median household income ($64,613 vs $63,194 in Fort Drum). Since 2019, Fort Drum's population has grown faster (+23.8% vs -4.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Calcium	Fort Drum
Population	3,245	16,124
Median age	25.9 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,613	$63,194
Median home value	$216,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,353	$1,563
Housing units	1,815	5,293
Homeownership rate	9.1%	3.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calcium	Fort Drum
Population	3,405 → 3,245 (-4.7%)	13,020 → 16,124 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$53,289 → $64,613 (+21.3%)	$50,711 → $63,194 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$105,700 → $216,900 (+105.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,235 → $1,353 (+9.6%)	$1,393 → $1,563 (+12.2%)

Calcium

Population

3,4053,245

Median household income

$53,289$64,613

Median home value

$105,700$216,900

Median gross rent

$1,235$1,353

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)

	Calcium	Fort Drum
Under 5	9.2%	14.6%
5 to 17	8.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	28.6%	26.4%
25 to 34	39.7%	28.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.4%
55 to 64	1.0%	0.4%
65 to 74	2.8%	0.1%
75 and over	3.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calcium	Fort Drum
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	58.2%
Black or African American	21.1%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.9%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calcium	Fort Drum
No high school diploma	1.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	24.9%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	48.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calcium	Fort Drum
Drove alone	71.7%	65.8%
Carpooled	26.9%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	0.1%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calcium	Fort Drum
1-unit, detached	8.2%	12.7%
1-unit, attached	29.9%	40.4%
2 to 4 units	34.3%	36.2%
5 to 19 units	25.3%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calcium	Fort Drum
Poverty rate	6.2%	8.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	15	11
Median year structure built	1994	2003