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. Much of the housing stock in Minot Air Force Base was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Minot Air Force Base economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Minot Air Force Base, where the median household income is $65,571.00.
The armed forces are a huge part of the life in Minot Air Force Base, employing 22.53% of the workforce. While it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy, where the Healthcare and Public Service industries employ 23.58% and 11.25% of the civilian workforce, respectively.
Minot Air Force Base is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Minot Air Force Base enrolled in college, Minot Air Force Base has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Minot Air Force Base’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 11.91 minutes getting to work every day.
As is often the case in a small town, Minot Air Force Base doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The overall education level of Minot Air Force Base citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.72% of adults in Minot Air Force Base have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Minot Air Force Base in 2022 was $22,116, which is low income relative to North Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $88,464 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 17.13% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Minot Air Force Base include German, Irish, English, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in Minot Air Force Base is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.