Burlington vs Minot AFB

A side-by-side comparison of Burlington and Minot AFB: population, income, housing, and more.

Burlington and Minot AFB are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Minot AFB has the higher population (4,904 vs 1,169 in Burlington). Burlington has the higher median household income ($95,216 vs $65,571 in Minot AFB). Since 2019, Minot AFB's population has grown faster (-7.7% vs -17.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Burlington	Minot AFB
Population	1,169	4,904
Median age	30.7 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,216	$65,571
Median home value	$237,800	—
Median gross rent	$988	$1,413
Housing units	447	1,660
Homeownership rate	73.5%	0.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlington	Minot AFB
Population	1,420 → 1,169 (-17.7%)	5,312 → 4,904 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$73,586 → $95,216 (+29.4%)	$60,242 → $65,571 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$188,100 → $237,800 (+26.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$994 → $988 (-0.6%)	$1,605 → $1,413 (-12.0%)

Burlington

Population

1,4201,169

Median household income

$73,586$95,216

Median home value

$188,100$237,800

Median gross rent

$994$988

Minot AFB

Population

5,3124,904

Median household income

$60,242$65,571

Median gross rent

$1,605$1,413

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlington	Minot AFB
Under 5	9.6%	16.2%
5 to 17	22.6%	22.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	21.2%
25 to 34	19.2%	24.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	1.3%
55 to 64	10.3%	0.6%
65 to 74	7.2%	0.1%
75 and over	1.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlington	Minot AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	62.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	3.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlington	Minot AFB
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	42.9%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlington	Minot AFB
Drove alone	90.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.2%
Other means	0.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlington	Minot AFB
1-unit, detached	61.1%	9.9%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	56.3%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	28.0%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	2.5%
20 or more units	8.1%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Burlington	Minot AFB
Poverty rate	2.7%	1.5%
Average household size	2.74	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	11
Median year structure built	1988	2001