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The employers behind the economy
Algona has room for far more jobs than its growth target requires.
Algona contains 1,555 workplace jobs. Logistics / Industrial accounts for 35% of them. Manufacturing is next at 31%.
The city found capacity for roughly 6,700 additional jobs—far above the 325 jobs it is planning to add by 2044—with most potential concentrated in heavy commercial and light-industrial zones. The real question is not whether land exists, but what kinds of employers arrive and how industrial growth is buffered from nearby homes and schools.
Workplace jobs: 2023
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The commercial pulse
Algona’s taxable sales rose 30% to $90.1M.
Taxable sales totaled $90.1M, 30% higher than the previous year. Retail trade produced 18% of that total.
Algona’s 30% increase can reflect new stores, construction, visitors, inflation, or more local spending. The next release will show whether the $90.1M total is durable.
Washington taxable sales, 2024
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The trajectory
Algona’s population is rising, but its local job base is moving the other way.
Algona’s population rose 1% from 2021–2026; its workplace job count fell 7% from 2018–2023. The source periods differ because the two series are released on different schedules.
Seattle already receives 17% of observed resident job destinations. If the split continues, that outside connection—and the trip it requires—will carry more of the household economy.
Population: 2021–2026 · jobs: 2018–2023
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The commute that shapes the city
Algona sends its largest stream of resident workers to Seattle.
17% of observed resident job destinations are in Seattle, followed by Auburn at 14%.
Current GTFS schedules 400 weekday stop departures at 16 stops inside Algona; that supply still needs to be tested against the route to Seattle, the largest outside job destination. Schedule supply is not ridership.
Workplace flows: 2023 · commute modes: ACS 2024
