Metro Area Info

Set in the midst of rich and fertile farmland, Fargo-Moorhead is the largest metropolitan area between Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota and Spokane, Washington. A bustling and active community, it boasts of a future bright with expansion and engaging cultural diversity. The air and water are clean, the economy is very active, the crime and unemployment rates are some of the lowest in the nation, and the people are some of the most friendly.

"In the last three years, Fargo has begun to reinvent itself as improbably stylish, worldly, even luxurious," proclaimed the Los Angeles Times.

Expansion Management magazine gave Fargo-Moorhead the highest rating in its annual Quality of Life Quotient.

Sperling’s Best Places and Self Magazine have proclaimed Fargo-Moorhead as one of the most stress-free metropolitan areas in America.

Fargo-Moorhead is among the top 25 safest metropolitan areas in the entire nation, according to the results of the tenth annual America’s Safest City rankings prepared by Morgan Quinto Press.

Employee Benefit News praised the Fargo-Moorhead community for its core value of community activism.

National Public Radio reported, "Many communities have been struggling with job losses and a sputtering economy. But quietly, Fargo, North Dakota has been flourishing."

The Wall Street Journal lauded Fargo as an oasis of prosperity.

The Milken Institute and Time, Money, and Employment Review magazines have cited Fargo-Moorhead as one of the top best communities in the nation in which to start a business or get a job.