Work & commute · Algona

Work & commute in Algona, WA

Most working residents leave Algona for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Seattle (16%), Auburn (13%) and Kent (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 1,555 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,533 Algona residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 1,385 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Algona.

1,533live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

1,385work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Algona goes to work

Seattle23.8 mi away

16%245

Auburn2.4 mi away

13%199

Kent7.7 mi away

9%140

Tacoma10 mi away

7%114

Renton13.9 mi away

6%94

Tukwila13.5 mi away

4%66

Bellevue22.2 mi away

4%66

Federal Way4.6 mi away

4%65

Puyallup7.4 mi away

3%44

SeaTac11.4 mi away

3%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%479

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Algona commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

42%

11%

43%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

3%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Algona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Algona are

1,407 jobs are based in Algona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Algona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Algona

1,407 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Algona residents hold

1,555 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−4%

Jobs based in Algona, 2013 → 2023: 1,463 → 1,407. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.