Fargo makes North Dakota’s top 10 on 16 lists
Fargo is ranked on 34 lists against the 24 North Dakota towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 16 and the top quarter on 9.
Fargo is on North Dakota’s podium 3 times
Each list ranks every ND town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Fargo marked.
Wetter than 96% of North Dakota
Not better or worse, just Fargo’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 3 for college degrees
Lists where Fargo sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Fargo lands in the top half on 17 of 21 lists
Each dot is Fargo’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in ND, the right end is last. Areas where Fargo does best come first.
Fargo out-ranks 3 of its 4 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every ND list, and where Fargo lands
34 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Watford City · 7.9%
#17
Most new homes#1 Horace · 64.4 per 1,000
#2
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Grafton · +57.4%
#13 Health
H Healthiest#1 Hay Creek · 94 / 100 #6
Lowest obesity#1 Minot AFB · 31%
#2
H
Fewest smokers#1 Hay Creek · 10%
#6
Most active#1 Horace · 16%
#8
Fewest uninsured#1 Horace · 5%
#6
H
Lowest depression#1 Hay Creek · 18%
#20
Closest to a top hospital#1 Valley City · 0.6 mi
#3 People
H Most educated#1 Hay Creek · 50.8% #5
Youngest#1 Minot AFB · 22.6
#6
Oldest#1 Grafton · 43.2
#19
Most residents 65+#1 Valley City · 23.1%
#11
Most kids#1 New Town · 36.1%
#20 Outdoors
T Most conserved land#1 Tatman · 10.2% #5
Most trails#1 Minot AFB · 2.4 mi / sq mi
#9
Most walkable#1 Valley City · 78.7 / sq mi
#7 Getting around
T Shortest commute#1 Tatman · 9.2 min #8
The number on the right is Fargo’s spot. All of North Dakota’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every ND list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.