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MetroCOG presents 2025 Metro Profile: Fargo–Moorhead grows faster, commute times shorter

Fargo City Commission · January 6, 2026

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Summary

MetroCOG presented the 2025 Metro Profile describing demographic and transportation trends: the Fargo–Moorhead metro added about 5,173 residents in 2024 (nearly 2% growth), Fargo grew ~1.43%, the area has a younger, more-educated population, a 17-minute average commute, and increases in MapBus ridership and Amtrak ridership.

Representatives from MetroCOG presented a high-level summary of the 2025 Metro Profile, a collection of demographic, freight, transit and roadway data for the Fargo–Moorhead metropolitan area.

Key takeaways offered by MetroCOG included: the metro area added 5,173 residents in 2024 (nearly 2% change from the previous year), Fargo…

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