Walla Walla Trends Newsletter – August 2026

Are you in the market for a new vehicle? According to the Alliance for Automotive Innovation's Electric Vehicle First Quarter 2026 Report, Washington State remains a leader in electric vehicles as a...

Washington is well known for being made up of many different biomes. The middle of the state is comparable to a desert; the west is dominated by coastlines, and there are massive forests throughout. All four seasons are regularly...

The United States Census Bureau provides more data than one may realize. Their recently published Household Trends and Outlook Pulse Survey (HTOPS) contains a section on Consumption of Arts and...

The expansion of housing units typically brings with it many benefits for residents or would-be residents. First, an expansion of total opportunities to find suitable shelter, whether a single-family residence or an apartment. Second, an expansion of new housing stock...

Businesses in modern, dynamic economies regularly experience employee turnover, making the tracking of new hires and separations at the county level challenging. But because it is so important to understand what is happening with the workforce, economists are forced to rely on more aggregate measures of job creation...

Measures of life in Walla Walla hold more than a few stories of expansion. Think of taxable retail sales. The share of the population who are registered voters. Or the share of the population with a bachelor’s degree or higher. But population estimates here do not portray a growth story...