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Working from home in Alameda County, CA
25.7% of workers in Alameda County usually work from home, about 215,368 of 837,261 people. That is 8.5 points above the California average of 17.2%. It ranks 3 of 58 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the California remote work page.
Work from home
25.7%
Rank in CA
3 of 58
1 = highest share
Remote workers
215,368
Mean commute
31.0 min
Alameda County compared with California and the US
| Metric | Alameda County | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25.7% | 17.2% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 52.6% | 65.7% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 7.7% | 2.9% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 31.0 min | 28.7 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 24.2% | 15.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 27.4% | 19.0% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 837,261 | 18,371,933 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone52.6%
Worked from home25.7%
Public transit7.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Marin County31.5%
- San Francisco County31.0%
- Nevada County25.0%
- San Mateo County24.3%
- Santa Clara County23.9%
- Placer County22.7%
Largest counties in California
- Los Angeles County17.1%
- San Diego County18.7%
- Orange County18.5%
- Riverside County12.3%
- Santa Clara County23.9%
- San Bernardino County11.0%
- Sacramento County19.1%
- Contra Costa County21.3%