† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWatertown-Fort Drum, NYNew YorkUnited States
Irish15.9%10.5%9.4%
German13.8%8.6%12.5%
English13.5%5.6%9.5%
Italian8.2%10.9%4.8%
American6.0%4.2%5.3%
French5.5%1.3%1.6%
Polish3.0%3.9%2.2%
Scottish2.3%—1.3%
Mexican2.4%2.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican2.2%5.1%1.8%
Dominican0.5%4.6%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.4%1.6%—
Guatemalan0.2%0.5%0.5%
Panamanian0.2%——
Colombian0.2%0.9%0.4%
Spaniard0.2%——
African American†2.3%8.0%9.9%
African1.0%0.6%0.5%
Jamaican0.5%1.6%0.4%
Korean0.4%0.6%0.4%
Asian Indian0.3%1.9%1.4%
Chinese0.3%3.6%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.6%0.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
New York
United States
Median age
33.7
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
11.6%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.1%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
New York
United States
Median household income
$66,301
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.7%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
26.5%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
8.1%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
3.8%
14.8%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
1.1%
1.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
New York
United States
Catholic
17.5%
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
3.9%
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
70.4%
48.7%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.7%
3.8%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−14.7%
1896
−25.4%
1900
−26.2%
1904
−26.9%
1908
−24.1%
1912
−3.6%
1916
−21.5%
1920
−45.3%
1924
−43.6%
1928
−33.9%
1932
−25.3%
1936
−27.7%
1940
−27.3%
1944
−20.3%
1948
−19.4%
1952
−39.8%
1956
−48.1%
1960
−21.2%
1964
+40.3%
1968
−15.4%
1972
−33.0%
1976
−20.3%
1980
−9.6%
1984
−36.2%
1988
−15.4%
1992
−2.3%
1996
+13.0%
2000
−3.8%
2004
−11.3%
2008
−5.3%
2012
−2.9%
2016
−20.8%
2020
−19.0%
2024
−23.6%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
38.1%Harris16,326
61.7%Trump26,417
0.2%
R+23.6
R+4.6
R+22.1
42,843
R
39.5%Biden17,307
58.4%Trump25,629
2.1%
R+19.0
D+1.8
R+23.4
43,855
R
36.1%Clinton13,809
56.9%Trump21,763
7.0%
R+20.8
R+17.9
R+22.9
38,236
R
47.9%Obama17,099
50.8%Romney18,122
1.4%
R+2.9
D+2.4
R+6.7
35,708
R
46.7%Obama18,166
52.0%McCain20,220
1.3%
R+5.3
D+6.0
R+12.6
38,886
R
43.5%Kerry16,860
54.7%Bush21,231
1.8%
R+11.3
R+7.4
R+8.8
38,800
R
46.1%Gore16,799
49.9%Bush18,192
3.9%
R+3.8
R+16.8
R+4.3
36,423
D
49.2%Clinton16,783
36.2%Dole12,362
14.6%
D+13.0
D+15.2
D+4.4
34,127
R
35.8%Clinton13,380
38.0%Bush14,227
26.2%
R+2.3
D+13.1
R+7.8
37,426
R
42.0%Dukakis14,137
57.4%Bush19,304
0.5%
R+15.4
D+20.8
R+7.6
33,622
R
31.8%Mondale10,960
68.0%Reagan23,445
0.3%
R+36.2
R+26.6
R+18.0
34,496
R
40.1%Carter13,271
49.7%Reagan16,455
10.3%
R+9.6
D+10.7
D+0.1
33,128
R
39.7%Carter13,503
60.0%Ford20,401
0.4%
R+20.3
D+12.7
R+22.3
34,028
R
33.4%McGovern11,629
66.4%Nixon23,123
0.2%
R+33.0
R+17.6
R+9.9
34,817
R
40.6%Humphrey13,438
56.0%Nixon18,552
3.4%
R+15.4
R+55.7
R+14.7
33,109
D
70.1%Johnson25,175
29.8%Goldwater10,718
0.1%
D+40.3
D+61.4
D+17.7
35,914
R
39.4%Kennedy15,800
60.6%Nixon24,290
0.1%
R+21.2
D+26.9
R+21.3
40,115
R
25.9%Stevenson9,959
74.1%Eisenhower28,429
0.0%
R+48.1
R+8.3
R+32.7
38,388
R
30.1%Stevenson12,026
69.9%Eisenhower27,932
0.1%
R+39.8
R+20.3
R+29.0
39,983
R
39.5%Truman13,176
59.0%Dewey19,661
1.5%
R+19.4
D+0.9
R+23.9
33,351
R
39.8%Roosevelt14,449
60.1%Dewey21,834
0.1%
R+20.3
D+7.0
R+27.8
36,329
R
36.2%Roosevelt14,581
63.5%Willkie25,584
0.2%
R+27.3
D+0.4
R+37.3
40,262
R
35.4%Roosevelt13,975
63.2%Landon24,925
1.4%
R+27.7
R+2.5
R+52.0
39,466
R
36.7%Roosevelt13,478
62.0%Hoover22,760
1.3%
R+25.3
D+8.6
R+43.1
36,724
R
32.5%Smith12,908
66.4%Hoover26,361
1.1%
R+33.9
D+9.7
R+16.4
39,695
R
24.8%Davis7,665
68.4%Coolidge21,159
6.8%
R+43.6
D+1.7
R+18.4
30,942
R
25.4%Cox7,925
70.7%Harding22,072
3.9%
R+45.3
R+23.8
R+19.2
31,201
R
37.2%Wilson7,089
58.7%Hughes11,197
4.2%
R+21.5
R+17.9
R+24.7
19,081
R
34.4%Wilson6,054
38.0%Taft6,692
27.7%
R+3.6
D+20.5
R+23.2
17,624
R
33.8%Bryan6,694
57.9%Taft11,477
8.3%
R+24.1
D+2.8
R+14.6
19,813
R
33.7%Parker6,696
60.6%Roosevelt12,050
5.8%
R+26.9
R+0.7
R+7.2
19,893
R
34.8%Bryan6,776
61.0%McKinley11,870
4.1%
R+26.2
R+0.8
R+18.6
19,451
R
35.4%Bryan6,644
60.9%McKinley11,411
3.7%
R+25.4
R+10.7
R+19.4
18,744
R
39.6%Cleveland7,181
54.3%Harrison9,856
6.1%
R+14.7
—
R+16.4
18,146
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
R
42.6%17,511
57.1%23,477
41,138
2022
R
36.9%11,618
62.5%19,667
31,443
2018
R
49.7%14,741
50.2%14,884
29,640
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+18.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+23.6
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.2 points more Democratic.
Domestic migration in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−201
2012
+30
2013
−3,734
2014
−2,166
2015
−3,474
2016
−4,804
2017
−972
2018
−2,147
2019
−2,981
2021
+78
2022
−2,526
2023
−3,214
2024
−1,374
2025
−2,009
Home to the Army's 10th Mountain Division, Watertown-Fort Drum leans heavily Republican — its R+66.9 margin in 2024 stands out sharply in a state dominated by Democratic pluralities elsewhere.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 48.1 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.6 points.
A population of 115,040, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,301 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cortland, NY and Massena-Ogdensburg, NY.
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How did Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York voted Republican by 23.6 points (R+23.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 42,843 votes cast, 16,326 went Democratic and 26,417 went Republican.
When did Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York?
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York has a population of 115,040 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York?
Median household income in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York is $66,301 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Watertown-Fort Drum, NY, New York from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
