Editing Arlington, Washington (section)

==Economy==

{{As of|2015}}, Arlington has an estimated 9,481 residents who were in the [[workforce]], either employed or unemployed.<ref name="ACS">{{cite web |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Selected Economic Characteristics: Arlington, Washington |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5302585 |work=[[American Community Survey]] |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=April 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213111337/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5302585 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The average one-way commute for Arlington workers in 2015 was approximately 30&nbsp;minutes; 85 percent of workers drove alone to their workplace, while 7 percent [[carpool]]ed, and 2 percent used [[public transit]].<ref name="ACS"/> {{As of|2015}}, only 12 percent of employed Arlington residents work within city limits, while approximately 17 percent commute to Everett, 9 percent to Seattle, 8 percent to Marysville, 3 percent to [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]], 2 percent to [[Renton, Washington|Renton]], and 49 percent to other cities, each of which accounted for less than 2 percent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Work Destination Report&nbsp;— Where Workers are Employed Who Live in the Selection Area&nbsp;— by Places (Cities, CDPs, etc.) |url=https://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/ |publisher=United States Census Bureau |via=OnTheMap |access-date=April 18, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127173030/https://lehd.ces.census.gov/data/ |archive-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> The largest industry of employment for Arlington workers are educational services and health care, with approximately 19 percent, followed by manufacturing (18%), retail (11%), and food services (10%).<ref name="ACS"/>

Arlington's early economy relied heavily on [[timber]] harvesting and processing, notably the production of [[Thuja plicata|red cedar]] [[wood shingle]]s at mills that closed during the Great Depression of the 1930s.<ref>{{cite journal |date=February 24, 1912 |title=From the Pacific Northwest |page=90 |issue=1919 |journal=[[The American Lumberman]] |location=Chicago |oclc=565938327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjgxAQAAMAAJ |via=Google Books |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> Locally, Arlington was known as the "Shingle Capital of the World", although mills in Everett and [[Ballard, Seattle|Ballard]] produced more shingles at the time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fiege |first=Gale |date=March 6, 2013 |title=Century-old blades from shingle mill found |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/news/century-old-blades-from-shingle-mill-found/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417155123/http://www.heraldnet.com/news/century-old-blades-from-shingle-mill-found/ |archive-date=April 17, 2017}}</ref> Agriculture and [[dairy]] farming emerged as significant industries to Arlington during the early 20th century, with farms lining the floodplain of the Stillaguamish River.<ref>{{cite journal |editor-last=Wilhelm |editor-first=Honor L. |date=July 1906 |title=Among Cities and Towns of Washington |journal=The Coast |publisher=The Coast Publishing Company |location=Seattle |volume=XII |issue=1 |page=66 |oclc=81457448 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLIRAAAAYAAJ |via=Google Books |access-date=April 21, 2017}}</ref> A major cooperative creamery and [[wikt:condensery|condensery]] was established in Arlington during the 1910s, but later moved to [[Mount Vernon, Washington|Mount Vernon]] after World War II.<ref name="Pictorial"/>{{rp|18}}<ref>{{cite news |last=McDonald |first=Lucile |author-link=Lucile Saunders McDonald |date=December 8, 1957 |title=Two of Stillaguamish River's 3 Mouths Threatened by Siltation |page=5 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref>

The transformation of Arlington into a bedroom community for Everett and Seattle during the 1980s and 1990s came with it a move towards a [[service economy]].<ref name="ComprehensivePlan"/>{{rp|1{{hyphen}}10}}<ref name="Times-Identity"/> Among the largest employers of Arlington residents are the [[Boeing Everett Factory]] and [[Naval Station Everett]].<ref name="HazardPlan"/> The expansion of the aerospace industry in the Seattle region led Arlington to develop its own municipal airport into an aerospace job center, which includes a high concentration of [[Boeing]] subcontractors.<ref name="Times-2003Jobs"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Wilhelm |first=Steve |date=May 1, 2009 |title=Flying low: Can Arlington's aerospace sector sustain it? |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/05/04/story3.html |url-access=subscription |work=Puget Sound Business Journal |access-date=April 21, 2017}}</ref> {{As of|2012}}, the airport has 130 on-site businesses that employ 590 people,<ref name="ComprehensivePlan"/>{{rp|9{{hyphen}}11}} with an annual economic output of $94.5 million.<ref>{{cite report |date=March 2012 |title=Aviation Economic Impact Study |page=11 |url=https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9791D5EE-54E1-4AE7-A154-CC516AF29971/0/2012_0404_WA_AviationEconImpact_FINAL.pdf |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]] |access-date=April 21, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212142754/https://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/9791D5EE-54E1-4AE7-A154-CC516AF29971/0/2012_0404_WA_AviationEconImpact_FINAL.pdf |archive-date=February 12, 2017}}</ref> Aircraft manufacturer [[Glasair Aviation]] is based in Arlington,<ref>{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Dominic |authorlink=Dominic Gates |date=April 7, 2016 |title=Another airplane manufacturer takes wing in Washington's skies |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/another-airplane-manufacturer-takes-wing-in-washingtons-skies/ |work=The Seattle Times |access-date=September 19, 2021}}</ref> and [[Eviation Aircraft]] uses its Arlington hangars for assembly and testing of the [[Eviation Alice]], an electric prototype model.<ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=September 19, 2021 |title=All eyes on Alice, the electric plane made in Arlington |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/all-eyes-on-alice-the-electric-plane-made-in-arlington/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=September 19, 2021}}</ref>

The city of Arlington plans to increase the number of jobs within the city to over 20,000 by 2035,<ref name="ComprehensivePlan"/>{{rp|5{{hyphen}}16}} bolstered by the designation of the Cascade Industrial Center by the [[Puget Sound Regional Council]] in 2019.<ref name="CIC-2019"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Bray |first=Kari |date=March 27, 2017 |title=Arlington, Marysville team to attract thousands of future jobs |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/business/arlington-marysville-team-to-attract-thousands-of-future-jobs/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 21, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407162707/http://www.heraldnet.com/business/arlington-marysville-team-to-attract-thousands-of-future-jobs/ |archive-date=April 7, 2017}}</ref> The industrial center, located between the two cities near Smokey Point, already included major [[distribution center]]s and other light industry in the 2000s.<ref name="Times-2003Jobs"/> A five-story, $355&nbsp;million [[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] distribution center opened near the airport in 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last=Podsada |first=Janice |date=April 8, 2021 |title=1,000 jobs: Amazon to open distribution center in Arlington |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/business/1000-jobs-amazon-to-open-distribution-center-in-arlington/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref> It is the company's largest facility in Washington at {{convert|3|e6sqft|sqm}} and is expected to employ 1,200 workers.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rosenblatt |first=Lauren |date=August 11, 2023 |title=Amazon to open its largest WA warehouse in Snohomish County on Sunday |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazon-to-open-its-largest-wa-warehouse-in-snohomish-county-on-sunday/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=August 11, 2023}}</ref>