North Dakota · Census place 3838900

Horace, North Dakota

Horace is a city in Cass County, North Dakota with an estimated 6,286 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,286
#13 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
+93.5%
+3,037 people
Land area
12.7 sq mi
Density
495 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Horace. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Horace population, 2020 to 2024

Horace added 3,037 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +93.5%. In the latest year it moved by +603. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Horace is 25% of it.

3,24920203,46520214,29020225,68320236,2862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,206. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Horace covers 12.69 square miles of land, for 495 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Horace is less dense than the typical town.

What county Horace is in

All of Horace's residents live in Cass County, which had 200,945 residents in 2024. Horace holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Horace

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Horace by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58047. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Horace is

The Census internal point of Horace is at 46.757000, -96.911300. Bismarck, the capital, is 183.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Fargo, ND (41,027 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 8.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.757000, -96.911300
DMS
46°45'25.20"N 96°54'40.68"W
UTM
14N 659511.0E 5180279.4N
Geohash
cb71fxz77
Plus code
86R5Q34Q+RF

Daylight in Horace

At 46.76° N, Horace gets about 15 h 52 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 19 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Horace

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is West Fargo, 6.9 miles away, with 41,027 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Horace, ND?

6,286 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 3,037 (93.5%) from 3,249 in July 2020.

What county is Horace in?

Cass County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Horace?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58047.

How far is Horace from Bismarck?

183.2 miles (294.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Horace.

What is the nearest larger city to Horace?

West Fargo, ND, with 41,027 residents, 6.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.