Minot

Population & Demographics

Minot, ND

Minot is home to 47,791 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 22,753 resident workers commute each day.

North DakotaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
47,791
people
Population

47,791 residents

Median age 33.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Minot population & demographics

Who lives in Minot — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
47,791
Median age
33.5yrs
Median household income
$73,219
Median home value
$257,100
Median gross rent
$973/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.7%
Poverty rate
11.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Minot

How Minot breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White78.5%
Hispanic or Latino7.9%
Two or more races4.9%
Black4.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native2.0%
Asian2.0%
Some other race0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Minot

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Minot.

Minot at a glance
Employed Residents
22,753
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
34.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
63.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Bismarck
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Minot proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Minot commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

74
Commute Score

74 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Minot

22,753 commutes, one dot at a time

Minot

Where 22,753 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Minot, by worker count.

1Minot0.0 mi14,425
2Bismarck100.5 mi1,029
3Fargo229.6 mi719
4Williston108.4 mi348
5Grand Forks197.3 mi296
6Dickinson116.5 mi237
7Minot AFB13.2 mi191
8West Fargo226.3 mi141

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Minot.

1Minot0.0 mi14,425
2Bismarck100.5 mi683
3Williston108.4 mi404
4Surrey7.3 mi387
5Fargo229.6 mi334
6Burlington6.7 mi281
7Grand Forks197.3 mi239
8Dickinson116.5 mi230

Top industries

The sectors that employ Minot’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance20.6%
RTRetail Trade16.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services13.2%
EDEducational Services9.2%
WSWholesale Trade4.7%
COConstruction4.3%
FIFinance and Insurance4.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.4%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.3%
Connectivity

Internet options for Minot

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps40%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Minot

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).