Editing Monroe, Washington (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Aerial view of Monroe, WA, October 2018 - 01.jpg|thumb|right|Aerial view of Monroe from the south, including the [[Monroe Correctional Complex]], [[Evergreen State Fair]]grounds, and Fryelands industrial area.]]

Monroe has an estimated [[workforce]] population of 7,644 residents and an [[unemployment]] rate of 7.2 percent {{as of|2015|lc=y}}.<ref name="ACS">{{cite web |date=September 15, 2016 |title=Selected Economic Characteristics: Monroe, Washington |url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5346685 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213105401/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/DP03/1600000US5346685 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |work=[[American Community Survey]] |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> Only 15 percent of employed residents work within city limits, while the rest commute to other cities for work. The most common locations for jobs employing Monroe residents are in Seattle (15%), Everett (9%), [[Redmond, Washington|Redmond]] (9%), [[Bellevue, Washington|Bellevue]] (8%), and [[Kirkland, Washington|Kirkland]] (4%).<ref name="EconomicDev">{{cite web |author=Leland Consulting Group |date=September 2015 |title=City of Monroe Economic Development Strategy |pages=10–13 |url=https://www.monroewa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/4092/Economic-Development-Strategy |publisher=City of Monroe |access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> The average one-way commute for the city's workers was approximately 30.8 minutes in 2015; 75 percent of commuters drove alone to their workplace, while 14 percent [[carpool]]ed and 3 percent used [[public transit]].<ref name="ACS"/> The most common occupations for Monroe residents are in the education and health care sector (19%), followed by manufacturing (15%), retail (13%), and professional fields (12%).<ref name="ACS"/>

The city of Monroe has 9,466 jobs, primarily employing residents from within the city and in smaller communities to the east.<ref name="EconomicDev"/><ref name="IndMarket">{{cite web |date=July 10, 2018 |title=City of Monroe Industrial Lands Market Profile |pages=6–7 |url=https://www.monroewa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6251/CAIMonroe-Industrial-Lands-Profile2018-0712 |publisher=City of Monroe |access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> The city's largest employer is the [[Washington State Department of Corrections]], which operates the [[Monroe Correctional Complex]] and provides more than 1,100 jobs.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schwarzen |first=Christopher |date=October 23, 2002 |title=Prison expansion to add inmates, jobs |page=H19 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref> Other large employers include the Monroe School District, the Cadman quarry, the [[Evergreen State Fair]], [[EvergreenHealth]] Monroe, and large retailers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Economic Development Element |year=2013 |url=http://monroewa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/2257/Economic-Development-Element-2013?bidId= |publisher=City of Monroe |access-date=March 6, 2019}}</ref> The city also has a large [[industrial park]] in the Fryelands area that was established in the 1990s and was fully developed by 2008,<ref name="PSBJ-1997"/> providing 24 percent of jobs in the city and {{convert|2.2|e6sqft|sqm}} of space.<ref name="IndMarket"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Harper |first=Christina |date=July 8, 2008 |title=Fryeland industrial park growing in Monroe |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/uncategorized/fryeland-industrial-park-growing-in-monroe-demand-for-land-puts-pressure-on-area-developers/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref> The largest non-industrial job sectors include professional services, government, and retail, particularly [[big-box store]]s along the U.S. Route&nbsp;2 corridor.<ref name="IndMarket"/><ref name="ComprehensivePlan">{{cite web |date=December 2015 |title=City of Monroe 2015–2035 Comprehensive Plan |page=5.8 |url=https://www.monroewa.gov/449/City-of-Monroe-Comprehensive-Plan |publisher=City of Monroe |ref={{SfnRef|City of Monroe Comprehensive Plan|2015}} |access-date=September 28, 2019 |archive-date=December 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212144249/https://www.monroewa.gov/449/City-of-Monroe-Comprehensive-Plan |url-status=dead }}</ref>