FARGO is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Fargo, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Fargo is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $950 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $44,036 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 55% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Fargo — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
56,556
- Gender balance
55%
- Male skew
55%
- Median income
$44,036
- 1-bedroom rent
$950
- Living wage
$40,061
- Transit fare
$2
- Rent trend
$950
- Most female-leaning zone
53%
- Democratic
44%
- Republican
53%
The shape of the market
Even the most balanced zone, Moorhead, runs about 53% male — this is a male-heavy market top to bottom.
Fargo runs about 55% male, sharpest in Southwest Fargo (57%) and Downtown Fargo (56%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Fargo
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Harris took about 44% of Cass County, carried by NDSU and downtown Fargo, so this is the bluest dating market in the state even as it leans red.
North Dakota has no voter registration at all, so we read the 2024 presidential vote: Cass County (Fargo) backed Trump about 53% to 44% — Republican, but the most Democratic-trending county in deep-red North Dakota.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Cass County needs about $40,100 a year just to cover the basics.
Fargo’s one-bedroom rents are among the cheapest of any of our markets and roughly flat to slightly up.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A MATBUS fare in Fargo-Moorhead is $2.00 one way.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Fargo | 13,076 | 54 / 46 | $39,709 | $857 |
| Downtown Fargo | 10,861 | 56 / 44 | $34,861 | $836 |
| Southwest Fargo | 10,379 | 57 / 43 | $50,420 | $1,115 |
| Moorhead | 9,738 | 53 / 47 | $42,316 | $1,035 |
| West Fargo | 7,748 | 56 / 44 | $51,406 | $1,109 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Fargo, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- Southwest Fargo
Spitfire Bar & Grill
- West Fargo
Blarney Stone Pub | West Fargo
- South Fargo
Doolittles Woodfire Grill
- Downtown Fargo
Würst Bier Hall Downtown
- Southwest Fargo
Porter Creek Hardwood Grill
- South Fargo
Sickies Garage Burgers & Brews
- Downtown Fargo
Beer & Fish Company
- South Fargo
Dempsey's Public House
- Downtown Fargo
Sidestreet Grille & Pub
- West Fargo
Sandy's Donuts & Coffee Shop
- West Fargo
Brewtus Brickhouse
- Downtown Fargo
NoBull Smokehouse
- West Fargo
Hooligans
- Southwest Fargo
Wild Bill's Sports Saloon - Fargo
- South Fargo
SouthTown PourHouse
- Downtown Fargo
The Toasted Frog
- South Fargo
Frank's Lounge
- Moorhead
Starbucks Coffee Company
- Downtown Fargo
Babb's Coffee House
- Downtown Fargo
Brew Bird
- South Fargo
The Windbreak
- Downtown Fargo
Twenty Below Coffee Co. Fargo
- Southwest Fargo
701 Eateries (Prairie Kitchen & Camp Lonetree)
- South Fargo
The Bulldog Tap
- West Fargo
Silver Dollar Bar & Flying Pig Grill
- West Fargo
BorderTown Bar & Grill
- West Fargo
Barcode Bar & Grill
- West Fargo
Nichole's Fine Pastry & Café
- West Fargo
Pub West
- Southwest Fargo
Maxwells | Restaurant & Bar