County profile ยท Michigan
Working from home in Kent County, MI
14.3% of workers in Kent County usually work from home, about 48,715 of 340,801 people. That is 0.8 points above the Michigan average of 13.5%. It ranks 10 of 83 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Michigan remote work page.
Work from home
14.3%
Rank in MI
10 of 83
1 = highest share
Remote workers
48,715
Mean commute
21.0 min
Kent County compared with Michigan and the US
| Metric | Kent County | Michigan | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 14.3% | 13.5% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 73.2% | 74.3% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.5% | 0.9% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 21.0 min | 24.2 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 12.8% | 12.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 16.0% | 14.8% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 340,801 | 4,639,810 | 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 alone73.2%
Worked from home14.3%
Public transit1.5%
Counties with a similar rank
- Clinton County16.3%
- Leelanau County15.9%
- Grand Traverse County15.2%
- Eaton County15.1%
- Wayne County14.1%
- Macomb County13.4%
- Antrim County12.5%
- Kalamazoo County12.5%
Largest counties in Michigan
- Wayne County14.1%
- Oakland County20.2%
- Macomb County13.4%
- Washtenaw County22.6%
- Genesee County9.9%
- Ottawa County10.3%
- Ingham County17.3%
- Kalamazoo County12.5%