Algona vs Medina

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

Algona and Medina 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 2,889 in Medina). Medina has the higher median household income ($249,688 vs $84,583 in Algona). Medina has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $413,000 in Algona).

Population, income & housing

	Algona	Medina
Population	3,239	2,889
Median age	32.5 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,583	$249,688
Median home value	$413,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,839	$3,501
Housing units	964	1,077
Homeownership rate	82.5%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	88.2%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Algona	Medina
Population	3,211 → 3,239 (+0.9%)	3,267 → 2,889 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$74,844 → $84,583 (+13.0%)	$212,337 → $249,688 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$253,000 → $413,000 (+63.2%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,215 → $1,839 (+51.4%)	$2,855 → $3,501 (+22.6%)

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

Medina

Population

3,2672,889

Median household income

$212,337$249,688

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,855$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Algona	Medina
Under 5	6.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	19.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	20.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.6%
65 to 74	3.6%	11.5%
75 and over	2.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Algona	Medina
White (non-Hispanic)	36.7%	60.5%
Black or African American	9.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	15.0%	26.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	9.2%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Algona	Medina
No high school diploma	24.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	8.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	39.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	48.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Algona	Medina
Drove alone	73.5%	62.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.0%
Public transit	1.0%	3.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	6.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	32.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Algona	Medina
1-unit, detached	74.1%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Algona	Medina
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.5%
Average household size	3.46	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1988	1974