Minot AFB vs Sawyer

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

Minot AFB and Sawyer 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 305 in Sawyer). Sawyer has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $65,571 in Minot AFB). Since 2019, Sawyer's population has grown faster (+1.3% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
Population	4,904	305
Median age	22.2 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,571	$65,625
Median home value	—	$181,300
Median gross rent	$1,413	$1,600
Housing units	1,660	137
Homeownership rate	0.4%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
Population	5,312 → 4,904 (-7.7%)	301 → 305 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$60,242 → $65,571 (+8.8%)	$88,333 → $65,625 (-25.7%)
Median home value	—	$157,700 → $181,300 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,605 → $1,413 (-12.0%)	$950 → $1,600 (+68.4%)

Minot AFB

Population

5,3124,904

Median household income

$60,242$65,571

Median gross rent

$1,605$1,413

Sawyer

Population

301305

Median household income

$88,333$65,625

Median home value

$157,700$181,300

Median gross rent

$950$1,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
Under 5	16.2%	10.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	21.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	24.6%	22.3%
35 to 44	13.4%	5.6%
45 to 54	1.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	0.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	0.1%	9.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	98.4%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
No high school diploma	1.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	19.1%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
Drove alone	82.0%	85.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	1.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
1-unit, detached	9.9%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	56.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	28.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Minot AFB	Sawyer
Poverty rate	1.5%	8.9%
Average household size	3.26	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	2001	1963