Mandan is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 24,788 people and five associated neighborhoods, Mandan is the eighth largest community in North Dakota.

Mandan real estate is some of the most expensive in North Dakota, although Mandan house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Of important note, Mandan is also a city of artists. Mandan has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Mandan’s character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.89% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Mandan is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.73 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.

Being a small city, Mandan does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, Mandan 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: 30.21% of adults in Mandan have a college degree.

The per capita income in Mandan in 2022 was $46,905, which is wealthy relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,620 for a family of four. However, Mandan contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mandan is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mandan home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mandan residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Mandan include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Mandan is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.