Carthage vs Fort Drum

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

Carthage 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 3,546 in Carthage). Fort Drum has the higher median household income ($63,194 vs $58,356 in Carthage). Since 2019, Fort Drum's population has grown faster (+23.8% vs +4.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Carthage	Fort Drum
Population	3,546	16,124
Median age	27.8 yrs	23.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,356	$63,194
Median home value	$126,300	—
Median gross rent	$959	$1,563
Housing units	1,615	5,293
Homeownership rate	49.0%	3.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carthage	Fort Drum
Population	3,405 → 3,546 (+4.1%)	13,020 → 16,124 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$43,490 → $58,356 (+34.2%)	$50,711 → $63,194 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $126,300 (+14.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$882 → $959 (+8.7%)	$1,393 → $1,563 (+12.2%)

Carthage

Population

3,4053,546

Median household income

$43,490$58,356

Median home value

$110,500$126,300

Median gross rent

$882$959

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)

	Carthage	Fort Drum
Under 5	10.1%	14.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	17.1%	26.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	28.5%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	3.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	0.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	0.1%
75 and over	4.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carthage	Fort Drum
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	58.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carthage	Fort Drum
No high school diploma	17.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	35.8%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carthage	Fort Drum
Drove alone	76.3%	65.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	7.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	10.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.2%	14.1%
Other means	1.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carthage	Fort Drum
1-unit, detached	51.6%	12.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	40.4%
2 to 4 units	27.4%	36.2%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carthage	Fort Drum
Poverty rate	18.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	11
Median year structure built	1938	2003