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How the Fargo, ND-MN metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the Fargo, ND-MN metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 202636 of 37 ZIP codes scored · 0.26M residents represented

Score snapshot

57.96Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
59.68Median scoremiddle of 36 scored ZIPs
62.81Highest score58059 · Mapleton
53.51Lowest score56560 · Moorhead
9.30Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#47Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
0%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.00M of 0.26M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
0.26MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0.26MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs100% of the metro
0ZIPs in the national top 100

The Fargo, ND-MN metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 36 of 36
  1. 3,07758059in Mapleton · 1,670 residents62.81
  2. 3,26058047in Horace · 5,636 residents62.45
  3. 3,45258042in Harwood · 1,344 residents62.12
  4. 3,62258006in Arthur · 573 residents61.82
  5. 3,71958051in Kindred · 1,980 residents61.67
  6. 3,79358104in Fargo · 49,168 residents61.52
  7. 3,97458078in West Fargo · 40,631 residents61.25
  8. 3,98458048in Hunter · 505 residents61.23
  9. 4,02758038in Grandin · 179 residents61.17
  10. 4,14058029in Erie · 88 residents60.98
  11. 4,31958005in Argusville · 898 residents60.70
  12. 4,34058021in Davenport · 584 residents60.68
  13. 4,40558036in Gardner · 360 residents60.60
  14. 4,66758052in Leonard · 529 residents60.26
  15. 4,79158004in Amenia · 241 residents60.09
  16. 4,81458007in Ayr · 81 residents60.06
  17. 4,84558012in Casselton · 3,049 residents60.03
  18. 4,92258079in Wheatland · 504 residents59.92
  19. 5,24858011in Buffalo · 449 residents59.45
  20. 5,25158064in Page · 332 residents59.45
  21. 5,32958071in Tower City · 486 residents59.34
  22. 6,59158103in Fargo · 48,796 residents57.77
  23. 6,61458031in Alice · 301 residents57.75
  24. 6,75956547in Glyndon · 2,762 residents57.55
  25. 6,77256525in Comstock · 100 residents57.53
  26. 6,81256514in Barnesville · 3,994 residents57.49
  27. 7,03256580in Sabin · 1,305 residents57.24
  28. 7,83158105in Fargo · 2,825 residents56.43
  29. 8,39956549in Hawley · 5,028 residents55.88
  30. 8,43556536in Felton · 502 residents55.86
  31. 9,00656585in Ulen · 1,064 residents55.37
  32. 9,24156529in Dilworth · 4,713 residents55.18
  33. 9,36756552in Hitterdal · 527 residents55.07
  34. 10,31556546in Georgetown · 210 residents54.29
  35. 10,75158102in Fargo · 32,912 residents53.96
  36. 11,34856560in Moorhead · 44,405 residents53.51
Open the full Fargo, ND-MN metro ranking →One page, all 36 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole Fargo, ND-MN metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

8 of 36 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access87%226,212 people

Standing highest: 56560 Moorhead58102 Fargo58103 Fargo

Chronic Disease Burden52%134,922 people

Standing highest: 58059 Mapleton58104 Fargo58105 Fargo

Disability40%104,152 people

Standing highest: 58042 Harwood58047 Horace58059 Mapleton

Environmental Hazard22%57,598 people

2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 56585 Ulen58029 Erie58031 Alice

Social Need / SDOH21%53,092 people

Standing highest: 58006 Arthur58042 Harwood58047 Horace

Risk Behavior2%5,827 people

Standing highest: 58007 Ayr58011 Buffalo58038 Grandin

Preventive Care1%3,212 people

Standing highest: 58007 Ayr58038 Grandin58064 Page

Climate / Disaster Risk1%2,744 people

Standing highest: 56536 Felton58031 Alice58071 Tower City

Mental Health1%2,560 people

Standing highest: 58011 Buffalo58036 Gardner58038 Grandin

Each fifth is about 8 of this metro’s 36 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 258,731 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Fargo, ND-MN figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.