Minot AFB vs Surrey

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

Minot AFB and Surrey 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 1,672 in Surrey). Surrey has the higher median household income ($105,125 vs $65,571 in Minot AFB). Since 2019, Surrey's population has grown faster (+58.8% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Minot AFB	Surrey
Population	4,904	1,672
Median age	22.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,571	$105,125
Median home value	—	$302,200
Median gross rent	$1,413	$846
Housing units	1,660	615
Homeownership rate	0.4%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minot AFB	Surrey
Population	5,312 → 4,904 (-7.7%)	1,053 → 1,672 (+58.8%)
Median household income	$60,242 → $65,571 (+8.8%)	$66,477 → $105,125 (+58.1%)
Median home value	—	$232,000 → $302,200 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,605 → $1,413 (-12.0%)	$1,542 → $846 (-45.1%)

Minot AFB

Population

5,3124,904

Median household income

$60,242$65,571

Median gross rent

$1,605$1,413

Surrey

Population

1,0531,672

Median household income

$66,477$105,125

Median home value

$232,000$302,200

Median gross rent

$1,542$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minot AFB	Surrey
Under 5	16.2%	13.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	20.5%
18 to 24	21.2%	2.5%
25 to 34	24.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	1.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	0.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	0.1%	13.3%
75 and over	0.0%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minot AFB	Surrey
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	92.9%
Black or African American	8.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minot AFB	Surrey
No high school diploma	1.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	19.1%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minot AFB	Surrey
Drove alone	82.0%	90.8%
Carpooled	11.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	3.6%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minot AFB	Surrey
1-unit, detached	9.9%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	56.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	28.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Minot AFB	Surrey
Poverty rate	1.5%	2.0%
Average household size	3.26	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	11	21
Median year structure built	2001	1998