Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety56#406/924
Economy90#95/925
Housing58#386/925
Health92#73/925
Healthcare90#96/923
Environment65#318/917
Education97#25/925
Infrastructure98#18/925
Community84#151/925
Leisure & amenities79#192/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Fargo, ND-MN metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low7 mi
100/100North Dakota 136 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · low14.2%
99/100North Dakota 15.4%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Some college · high80.9%
99/100North Dakota 73.0%United States 67.8%2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · low6.2 /100k
98/100North Dakota 12.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Lack of reliable transportation · low6.3%
98/100North Dakota 6.7%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
High school diploma or higher · high95.7%
97/100North Dakota 94.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003

Weaknesses

Property crime rate · high2,232 /100k
6/100North Dakota 1,458 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAggregated from counties
Days with unhealthy air · high3.0%
9/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Public libraries · low0.4 /10k
23/100North Dakota 1.2 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.11%
27/100North Dakota 0.92%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Home price to income ratio · high3.8×
31/100North Dakota 3.3×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Preventable hospital stays · high3,107 /100k
38/100North Dakota 3,048 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
250,255 (2020) → 269,528 (2025)
+7.7%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureImproving
64% (2021) → 21% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
−43 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
New homes permittedWorsening
9.0 /1k (2021) → 4.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
New business applicationsImproving
8.4 /1k (2020) → 12.3 /1k (2025)
+46%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Traffic deathsWorsening
4.3 /100k (2015-2019) → 6.2 /100k (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsUS 11.3 /100k → 12.3 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$56,708 (2019) → $76,454 (2024)
+35%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Fargo, ND-MN metro area improved on 12 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 10 moved within the margin of error and 4 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Real income+35%$56,708 → $76,454
Bachelor's++3.2 points38.6% → 41.8%
Gyms+6.4%1.6 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Violent crime−19%362 /100k → 294 /100k
Arts & recreation+9.8%6.1 /10k → 6.7 /10k

Declined6

Overdose deaths+46%10.4 /100k → 15.2 /100k
Traffic deaths+45%4.3 /100k → 6.2 /100k
Firearm deaths+38%8.0 /100k → 11.1 /100k
Libraries−7.5%0.4 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Pharmacies−11%1.9 /10k → 1.7 /10k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Fargo, ND-MN metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.1 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+9.8%	Improved	53%
Average commute time	17.3 min2015-2019	17.7 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	50%
Average weekly wage	$1,0562020	$1,2912025	+22%	Improved	38%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.6%2015-2019	41.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Improved	59%
Broadband subscriptions	84.2%2015-2019	89.7%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Improved	11%
Child poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	12.1%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Distance to an airport	7 mi2020	7 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	87%
Drug overdose deaths	10.4 /100k2020	15.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+46%	Declined	10%
Effective property tax rate	1.19%2015-2019	1.11%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Firearm deaths	8.0 /100k2020	11.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+38%	Declined	14%
Grocery stores	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−2%	Little change	42%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.6 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+6.4%	Improved	55%
High school diploma or higher	94.8%2015-2019	95.7%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	52%
Homicide rate	3.6 /100k2020	2.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−23%	Improved	47%
Income adjusted for local prices	$56,7082019	$76,4542024	+35%	Improved	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4562015-2019	0.4612020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$64,6662015-2019	$76,7562020-2024	+19%	Improved	10%
New business applications	8.4 /1k2020	12.3 /1k2025	+46%	Improved	50%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	44%
Poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Property crime rate	2,875 /100k2020	2,232 /100k2025	−22%	Improved	28%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−7.5%	Declined	15%
Public transit commuters	0.8%2015-2019	0.8%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	82%
Rent as share of income	26.3%2015-2019	27.0%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent-burdened households	42.4%2015-2019	42.3%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Restaurants and bars	8.8 /10k2020	8.9 /10k2025	+1.3%	Little change	51%
Suicide rate	16.4 /100k2020	16.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.2%	Little change	57%
Traffic deaths	4.3 /100k2015-2019	6.2 /100k2020-2024	+45%	Declined	8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%2020	2.7%2025	−1.5 points	Improved	11%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.0%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Violent crime rate	362 /100k2020	294 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	54%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Fargo, ND-MN metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Fargo, ND-MN metro area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Fargo, ND-MN metro area itself moved −3.7 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

259,459 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+0.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

259,459 residents

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

White82%212,173
Black6.4%16,499
Hispanic or Latino3.9%10,243

Education

162,617 residents (±228)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

No high school diploma4.3%6,924
High school or GED19%30,983
Some college21%34,640

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

110,387 households (±786)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

Under $25k14%15,809
$25k–50k18%20,224
$50k–75k16%17,911
$75k–100k14%15,138
$100k–150k18%20,247
$150k–200k9.0%9,908
$200k or more10%11,150

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+3.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

110,387 households (±786)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

Own55%61,047
Rent45%49,340

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

48,211 households (±1,305)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

Under $75023%10,914
$750–1,00032%15,309
$1,000–1,50032%15,254

Home values

61,047 homes (±1,162)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

Under $150k11%6,418
$150k–250k29%17,551
$250k–400k37%22,336
$400k–750k

Age of homes

116,597 homes (±117)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

2010 or later22%25,623
2000–200917%20,046
1980–199923%26,507

Size of homes

116,597 homes (±117)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

Studio4.3%5,023
1 bedroom13%14,800
2 bedrooms29%33,826
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

144,788 workers (±1,388)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

Drive alone77%112,003
Carpool6.8%9,781
Public transit0.8%†1,107
Walk2.9%4,219
Bike0.3%†403
Work from home10%15,085
Other1.5%2,190

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+6.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

129,703 workers (±1,432)

Fargo, ND-MN metro area
United States share

Under 15 min44%57,010
15–29 min43%56,270
30–44 min7.0%9,098

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The 10 largest occupations in Fargo, ND-MN employ 35,290 people. 6 pay a median above the US median and 4 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Fargo, ND-MN by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Registered Nurses4,790 jobs	4,790	$82,120US $97,550	−16%	1.48×
Retail Salespersons4,160 jobs	4,160	$35,860US $35,410	+1%	1.12×
Fast Food and Counter Workers4,090 jobs	4,090	$30,950US $31,200	−1%	1.11×
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand3,810 jobs	3,810	$45,690US $40,240	+14%	1.35×
General and Operations Managers3,590 jobs	3,590	$96,410US $105,770	−9%	1.07×
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers3,570 jobs	3,570	$58,900US $58,640	0%	1.81×
Home Health and Personal Care Aides3,130 jobs	3,130	$37,910US $35,800	+6%	0.76×
Customer Service Representatives2,790 jobs	2,790	$40,900US $44,770	−9%	1.12×
Cashiers2,770 jobs	2,770	$33,420US $32,880	+2%	0.94×
Office Clerks, General2,590 jobs	2,590	$49,060US $45,010	+9%	1.1×

Look up any occupation

Search more than 800 occupations and see what they pay in Fargo, ND-MN.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025-05 (all industries and ownerships) bls.gov/oes

Reference period: 2025-05. BLS publishes metro areas, states and the nation (not counties or cities), so a county or city page shows its metro area.
Pay is not adjusted for the cost of living, so a higher median does not mean more purchasing power.
BLS caps the highest wages it publishes: where a figure is shown as “or more”, the real value is at least that much.
Some occupations (teachers, performers) are published by the hour or school year and shown here as an annual figure.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Fargo, ND-MN has 7,294 employer establishments, 276 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248), with 130,067 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,686. The Census Bureau also counts 20,476 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 7,294; 20,476 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 276; US 248
Paid employees: 130,067
Average annual pay: $60,686; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fargo, ND-MN by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	635	24.1	1.55×More than typical	6,089	$81,647	1,020
Ambulatory health care services	479	18.2	0.87×About typical	7,977	$79,439	774
Restaurants and other eating places	406	15.4	0.84×About typical	8,808	$21,770	72
Lessors of real estate	382	14.5	1.18×About typical	2,250	$60,367	3,169
Construction of buildings	262	9.9	1.31×More than typical	1,791	$77,210	386
Services to buildings and dwellings	224	8.5	1.26×More than typical	1,538	$38,729	983
Offices of other health practitioners	221	8.4	1.38×More than typical	1,201	$49,635	343
Building equipment contractors	217	8.2	1.37×More than typical	2,669	$77,857	124
Truck transportation	195	7.4	1.46×More than typical	2,815	$61,232	721
Limited-service restaurants	188	7.1	0.89×About typical	3,582	$19,895	19
Insurance agencies and brokerages	185	7	1.60×More than typical	1,016	$75,864	403
Personal care services	176	6.7	1.40×More than typical	752	$34,710	842

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 263,906 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $450.4M on contracts performed in Fargo, ND-MN metro area: $1,671 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $450.4M; +20% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,671; US $1,994
Sole-source: 1.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 8.8%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$334.6M74%
Department of the Navy$36.8M8.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$35.1M7.8%
Department of the Army$22M4.9%
Agricultural Research Service$9.1M2.0%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$4.4M1.0%
Defense Logistics Agency$4.2M0.9%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$1.3M0.3%

Top recipients

NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC$334.6M74%
PACKET DIGITAL LLC$36.8M8.2%
GREENSTONE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$11.9M2.6%
HSG PARK JOINT VENTURE 2, LLC$10.1M2.3%
T. F. POWERS CONSTRUCTION CO$6.5M1.4%

Spending by fiscal year

311.2MFY2017
248.9MFY2018
290.1MFY2019
351.5MFY2020
462.9MFY2021
509.1MFY2022
221.3MFY2023
434M

Top industries (NAICS)

Insurance carriers · 5241$297.7M66%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$37.6M8.4%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419$36.9M8.2%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$25.5M5.7%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$11M2.4%
Building equipment contractors · 2382

Largest awards

A/B MAC JURISDICTION E$601.8M
NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Cass County, ND· Education & social services· Dec 18, 2020 – Aug 25, 2026· 75FCMC21C0003
IGF::OT:IGF SOLICITATION OF JURISDICTION F$471.2M
NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Cass County, ND· Education & social services· Jul 12, 2018 – Oct 31, 2025· 75FCMC18C0029
PERFORM AND PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR A VARIETY OF TASK AIMED TO LOWER IMPROPER PAYMENT RATES$407.4M
NORIDIAN HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, LLC· Cass County, ND· Health & medical· Feb 13, 2018 – Jul 21, 2026· 75FCMC18F0001
THE MEDICARE FEE-FOR-SERVICE (FFS) PROGRAM IS A MANDATORY ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM THAT MUST, BY LAW, BE AVAILABLE TO ELIGIBLE MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES AND THEIR QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN ALL U.S STATES/TERRITORIES ON A PERMANENT AND CONTINUOUS BAS

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $87.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Fargo, ND-MN metro area: $323,320 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $87.1B; −2.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $323,320; US $12,955
Loan face value: $226.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$51B59%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$34.7B40%
96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$777.9M0.9%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$127.1M0.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$84.5M0.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$60.8M0.1%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$36.6M0.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$27.3M0.0%

Top recipients (organizations)

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY$57.8M0.1%
FARGO, ND
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$48.2M0.1%
BISMARCK, ND
CITY OF WEST FARGO$24.1M0.0%
WEST FARGO, ND
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA$17.1M0.0%
FARGO, ND
FARGO HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$85.7B98%
Department of Health and Human Services
Social Security Administration$950.6M1.1%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$144.1M0.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$80.1M0.1%
Department of Transportation
Farm Service Agency

Assistance by fiscal year

64.7BFY2021
62.2BFY2022
74.8BFY2023
82.8BFY2024
89.3BFY2025
87.1BFY2026

County aggregates

99.7%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Fargo, ND-MN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

States

The share of the area's residents living in each state.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

FargoPrincipal city131,627

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in North Dakota

Areas based in North Dakota, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Fargo, ND-MN metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Getting to work

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Jobs and pay

Look up any occupation

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Fargo, ND-MN

States

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in North Dakota

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined6

Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought