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.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Minot Air Force Base, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Minot Air Force Base provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

Minot Air Force Base’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

One of the benefits of Minot Air Force Base is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 12.17 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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 percentage of people in Minot Air Force Base who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.16% of adults in Minot Air Force Base 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.