Fargo vs Horace

A side-by-side comparison of Fargo and Horace: population, income, housing, and more.

Fargo and Horace are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fargo has the higher population (129,064 vs 3,964 in Horace). Horace has the higher median household income ($145,801 vs $66,029 in Fargo). Horace has the higher median home value ($444,600 vs $269,800 in Fargo).

Population, income & housing

	Fargo	Horace
Population	129,064	3,964
Median age	32.2 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,029	$145,801
Median home value	$269,800	$444,600
Median gross rent	$916	$963
Housing units	63,177	1,414
Homeownership rate	44.1%	96.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fargo	Horace
Population	121,889 → 129,064 (+5.9%)	2,741 → 3,964 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$55,551 → $66,029 (+18.9%)	$129,231 → $145,801 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$212,100 → $269,800 (+27.2%)	$297,800 → $444,600 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$823 → $916 (+11.3%)	$597 → $963 (+61.3%)

Fargo

Population

121,889129,064

Median household income

$55,551$66,029

Median home value

$212,100$269,800

Median gross rent

$823$916

Horace

Population

2,7413,964

Median household income

$129,231$145,801

Median home value

$297,800$444,600

Median gross rent

$597$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fargo	Horace
Under 5	6.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.6%	28.0%
18 to 24	17.5%	3.5%
25 to 34	17.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	4.6%
75 and over	5.7%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fargo	Horace
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	87.1%
Black or African American	8.3%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	3.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fargo	Horace
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	18.7%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fargo	Horace
Drove alone	78.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fargo	Horace
1-unit, detached	34.6%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	36.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Fargo	Horace
Poverty rate	12.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	16	31
Median year structure built	1991	2001