County profile ยท California
Working from home in San Mateo County, CA
24.3% of workers in San Mateo County usually work from home, about 93,277 of 384,595 people. That is 7.1 points above the California average of 17.2%. It ranks 5 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
24.3%
Rank in CA
5 of 58
1 = highest share
Remote workers
93,277
Mean commute
26.4 min
San Mateo County compared with California and the US
| Metric | San Mateo County | California | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24.3% | 17.2% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 56.7% | 65.7% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 5.1% | 2.9% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 26.4 min | 28.7 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 23.1% | 15.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 25.6% | 19.0% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 384,595 | 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 alone56.7%
Worked from home24.3%
Public transit5.1%
Counties with a similar rank
- Marin County31.5%
- San Francisco County31.0%
- Alameda County25.7%
- Nevada County25.0%
- Santa Clara County23.9%
- Placer County22.7%
- El Dorado County22.1%
- Contra Costa County21.3%
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%
- Alameda County25.7%
- Sacramento County19.1%