West Fargo, North Dakota

West Fargo population, 2020 to 2024

West Fargo added 2,126 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.5%. In the latest year it moved by +207. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 4th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so West Fargo is 1.6 times that size.

West Fargo covers 16.18 square miles of land and 0.24 of water, for 2,536 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so West Fargo is denser than the typical town.

What county West Fargo is in

All of West Fargo's residents live in Cass County, which had 200,945 residents in 2024. West Fargo holds 20.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Fargo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Fargo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58078. 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 West Fargo is

The Census internal point of West Fargo is at 46.856400, -96.904800. Bismarck, the capital, is 183.3 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fargo, ND (136,285 people), 3.6 miles away.

Daylight in West Fargo

At 46.86° N, West Fargo gets about 15 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Fargo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Fargo, 3.6 miles away, with 136,285 people.