Fort Polk is a somewhat small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 8,287 people and three associated neighborhoods, Fort Polk is the 54th largest community in Louisiana.Fort Polk is a military town: the armed forces employs 39.23% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Retail and Professional, scientific, and technical services are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 19.92% and 14.77% of the civilian workforce respectively. Also of interest is that Fort Polk has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The overall crime rate in Fort Polk is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. One of the benefits of Fort Polk is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 13.79 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.The overall education level of Fort Polk is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.26% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fort Polk in 2022 was $29,409, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,636 for a family of four. However, Fort Polk contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Polk is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Fort Polk home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Polk residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Fort Polk also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fort Polk include German, Italian, English, Irish, and European. The most common language spoken in Fort Polk is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
