Fort Dix is a somewhat small town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 6,508 people and four associated neighborhoods, Fort Dix is the 270th largest community in New Jersey. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Fort Dix, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Fort Dix, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Fort Dix’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Fort Dix does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $98,259.00.

Fort Dix is a military town: the armed forces employs 25.90% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Accommodation are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 21.01% and 15.75% of the civilian workforce respectively.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.72% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Overall, Fort Dix’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 Dix is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.39 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.

Being a small town, Fort Dix does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of adults in Fort Dix with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.71% of adults in Fort Dix have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Fort Dix in 2022 was $16,643, which is low income relative to New Jersey and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,572 for a family of four. However, Fort Dix contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Fort Dix is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Dix home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Dix residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Dix also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.70% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Dix include Irish, German, Italian, English, and French.

The most common language spoken in Fort Dix is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.