Minot Air Force Base is a somewhat small town located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 5,017 people and two associated neighborhoods, Minot Air Force Base is the 15th largest community in North Dakota.
18.19% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Minot Air Force Base. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Healthcare and Public Service industries respectively employ 22.36% and 17.71% of the civilian workforce.
In addition, Minot Air Force Base is a college town. There are a lot of students in Minot Air Force Base attending college, and as a result Minot Air Force Base provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
The overall crime rate in Minot Air Force Base is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Minot Air Force Base spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 12.17 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Minot Air Force Base is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Minot Air Force Base is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.16% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Minot Air Force Base in 2022 was $24,258, which is low income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $97,032 for a family of four. However, Minot Air Force Base contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Minot Air Force Base is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Minot Air Force Base home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Minot Air Force Base residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Minot Air Force Base also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.07% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Minot Air Force Base include German, Irish, English, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Minot Air Force Base is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.