Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 13.91 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Algona does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The population of Algona overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Algona, 23.73% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Algona in 2022 was $34,112, which is lower middle income relative to Iowa, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,448 for a family of four. However, Algona contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Algona is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Algona home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Algona residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Algona include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Algona is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
