1. Where we are now and how we get to where we want to be?
Ethan Mansfield
SW Idaho Regional Economist
Idaho Department of Labor
Economic Development in
Kuna
2. Outline
• What Does Kuna’s Economy Look like now?
• What is it projected to look like in the future?
• What are the Economic Development policy changes going forward
that might affect the county’s position in the future?
13. NAICS Description
2015 - 2025
Change
2015 - 2025 %
Change
72 Accommodation and Food Services 88 28%
90 Government (incl. Public Education) 65 7%
23 Construction 62 18%
44 Retail Trade 49 19%
31 Manufacturing 28 24%
62 Health Care and Social Assistance 27 12%
54 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 20 19%
81 Other Services (except Public Administration) 12 14%
61 Educational Services 4 11%
52 Finance and Insurance 3 8%
22 Utilities 2 18%
53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 2 7%
48 Transportation and Warehousing 1 1%
55 Management of Companies and Enterprises 0 0%
42 Wholesale Trade (6) (26%)
71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (12) (17%)
11 Crop and Animal Production (29) (18%)
56
Administrative and Support and Waste Management
and Remediation Services
(48) (24%)
21 Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction Insf. Data Insf. Data
51 Information Insf. Data Insf. Data
Total 267 9%
14. What Factors Contribute to Unequal
Economic Development across Space?
• Natural Amenities
• Cultural Amenities
• Human Capital (Workforce)
• Infrastructure
• Jobs follow people vs. people follow jobs?
• More support for jobs follow people in rural areas
• Tax Policy?
15. How Can we Help?
• Attract and Retain Talented Workers (or any workers)
• Choose Idaho campaign
• Local Policy that encourages workers to stay and attracts new ones (i.e. what
does your target audience want in a community?)
• Create Talent Pipelines within the community
• Amenities Matter to Migration
• What does a new generation look for?
• Infrastructure is important
• Physical Infrastructure
• Roads, Railways, Air Service
• Virtual Infrastructure
• Broadband
16. Thank You!
• Ethan Mansfield
• ethan.mansfield@labor.Idaho.gov
• Sources: Economic Modeling Specialists International; US Census
Bureau, County Quickfacts; Idaho Department of Labor, Population
Projections.