Minot vs Minot AFB

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

Minot 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 has the higher population (47,922 vs 4,904 in Minot AFB). Minot has the higher median household income ($77,431 vs $65,571 in Minot AFB). Since 2019, Minot's population has grown faster (-0.7% vs -7.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Minot	Minot AFB
Population	47,922	4,904
Median age	33.6 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$77,431	$65,571
Median home value	$254,400	—
Median gross rent	$928	$1,413
Housing units	23,790	1,660
Homeownership rate	58.3%	0.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minot	Minot AFB
Population	48,261 → 47,922 (-0.7%)	5,312 → 4,904 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$66,194 → $77,431 (+17.0%)	$60,242 → $65,571 (+8.8%)
Median home value	$208,700 → $254,400 (+21.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$918 → $928 (+1.1%)	$1,605 → $1,413 (-12.0%)

Minot

Population

48,26147,922

Median household income

$66,194$77,431

Median home value

$208,700$254,400

Median gross rent

$918$928

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)

	Minot	Minot AFB
Under 5	6.4%	16.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	22.7%
18 to 24	12.6%	21.2%
25 to 34	18.5%	24.6%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.3%	1.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	0.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	0.1%
75 and over	6.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minot	Minot AFB
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	62.4%
Black or African American	4.7%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.3%
Asian	1.9%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	3.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minot	Minot AFB
No high school diploma	5.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	29.3%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minot	Minot AFB
Drove alone	77.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	13.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.2%
Other means	1.5%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minot	Minot AFB
1-unit, detached	47.2%	9.9%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	56.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	28.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	2.5%
20 or more units	17.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Minot	Minot AFB
Poverty rate	9.7%	1.5%
Average household size	2.21	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1983	2001