Work & commute · Minot AFB

Work & commute in Minot AFB, ND

Most working residents leave Minot AFB for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Minot (37%), Fargo (11%) and Grand Forks (4%). Half commute less than 50 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 549 working residents

Typical commute

50 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

10 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 500 Minot AFB residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 313 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minot AFB.

500live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

313work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minot AFB goes to work

Minot12.9 mi away

37%204

Fargo235.7 mi away

11%63

Minot AFB (in town)right here

9%49

Grand Forks198.8 mi away

4%23

Bismarck114 mi away

4%20

West Fargo232.7 mi away

3%16

Dickinson125.5 mi away

1%8

Jamestown161.4 mi away

1%5

Bottineau49.5 mi away

1%4

Mandan111.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%153

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Minot AFB commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10%

38%

50%

10%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

50%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minot AFB is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Minot AFB are

362 jobs are based in Minot AFB. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minot AFB’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Minot AFB

362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Minot AFB residents hold

549 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+24%

Jobs based in Minot AFB, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 362. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.