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. Minot Air Force Base has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Minot Air Force Base, where the median household income is $65,571.00.

Minot Air Force Base is a military town: the armed forces employs 22.53% of the workforce, making the military a major focus of life in the city. In the civilian sector, Healthcare and Public Service are important in the local economy and are the town’s largest civilian employers, employing 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.

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 11.91 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 substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.72% of adults in Minot Air Force Base have a college degree.

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.