Population & Demographics
Fargo, ND
Fargo is home to 131,627 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 68,716 resident workers commute each day.
131,627 residents
Median age 31.8. Total population of Fargo, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Fargo population & demographics
Who lives in Fargo — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
These figures are for Fargo 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 Fargo 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.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Fargo
68,716 commutes, one dot at a time
Fargo
Where 68,716 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Fargo, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Fargo.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Fargo’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%.
Internet options for Fargo
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
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).