Algona vs Carnation

A side-by-side comparison of Algona and Carnation: population, income, housing, and more.

Algona and Carnation are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Algona has the higher population (3,239 vs 2,476 in Carnation). Carnation has the higher median household income ($141,097 vs $84,583 in Algona). Carnation has the higher median home value ($775,800 vs $413,000 in Algona).

Population, income & housing

	Algona	Carnation
Population	3,239	2,476
Median age	32.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$141,097
Median home value	$413,000	$775,800
Median gross rent	$1,839	$1,831
Housing units	964	838
Homeownership rate	82.5%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algona	Carnation
Population	3,211 → 3,239 (+0.9%)	1,835 → 2,476 (+34.9%)
Median household income	$74,844 → $84,583 (+13.0%)	$104,044 → $141,097 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$253,000 → $413,000 (+63.2%)	$462,300 → $775,800 (+67.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,839 (+51.4%)	$1,273 → $1,831 (+43.8%)

Algona

Population

3,2113,239

Median household income

$74,844$84,583

Median home value

$253,000$413,000

Median gross rent

$1,215$1,839

Carnation

Population

1,8352,476

Median household income

$104,044$141,097

Median home value

$462,300$775,800

Median gross rent

$1,273$1,831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algona	Carnation
Under 5	6.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	19.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	16.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	3.6%	8.3%
75 and over	2.1%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algona	Carnation
White (non-Hispanic)	36.7%	75.0%
Black or African American	9.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	15.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.2%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algona	Carnation
No high school diploma	24.2%	8.9%
High school graduate	35.7%	18.4%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algona	Carnation
Drove alone	73.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	24.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algona	Carnation
1-unit, detached	74.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Algona	Carnation
Poverty rate	11.5%	2.1%
Average household size	3.46	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1988	1988