Overall, Algona’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
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 13.90 minutes getting to work every day.
Algona is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Algona who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.53% of adults in Algona have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Algona in 2022 was $35,587, which is middle income relative to Iowa and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $142,348 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. Algona also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.01% of the city’s residents. 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.
