Fargo

City Commute Profile

Fargo, ND

Where Fargo’s 68,716 resident workers go each day — 70.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is West Fargo.

North DakotaLODES 2023 data
88
Commute Score

88 / 100

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

Fargo at a glance
Employed Residents
68,716
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
3.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
70.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
West Fargo
Excludes local — most work in-city

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.

Fargo

68,716 commutes, one dot at a time

Fargo

Where 68,716 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Fargo0.0 mi48,094
2West Fargo3.8 mi7,098
3Moorhead3.1 mi3,662
4Bismarck187.7 mi1,176
5Grand Forks73.4 mi1,139
6Minot229.6 mi334
7Jamestown89.3 mi272
8Mapleton11.2 mi256

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Fargo.

1Fargo0.0 mi48,094
2West Fargo3.8 mi14,811
3Moorhead3.1 mi10,186
4Grand Forks73.4 mi1,667
5Horace7.8 mi1,651
6Bismarck187.7 mi1,213
7Dilworth5.7 mi979
8Minot229.6 mi719

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%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.0%
RTRetail Trade9.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.0%
MFManufacturing7.9%
FIFinance and Insurance7.2%
EDEducational Services6.5%
WSWholesale Trade6.1%
COConstruction5.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.3%

Fargo city profile

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

Population
131,627
Median age
31.8yrs
Median household income
$66,998
Median home value
$281,900
Median gross rent
$946/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
43.0%
Poverty rate
12.9%

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

Connectivity

Internet options for Fargo

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

10 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps69%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Fargo

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).