Fort Stewart is a somewhat small town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 8,821 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Stewart is the 112th largest community in Georgia. Fort Stewart has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Fort Stewart, where the median household income is $51,090.00.
Fort Stewart is a military town: the armed forces employs 30.89% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Accommodation and Healthcare are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 17.49% and 16.25% of the civilian workforce respectively.
Overall, Fort Stewart’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
One of the benefits of Fort Stewart is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 14.21 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.
Fort Stewart is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Fort Stewart who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.97% of the adults in Fort Stewart have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Fort Stewart in 2022 was $19,332, which is low income relative to Georgia and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,328 for a family of four. However, Fort Stewart contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Fort Stewart is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Stewart home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Stewart residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Stewart also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.65% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Stewart include German, Italian, Irish, English, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Fort Stewart is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.