County profile ยท Michigan
Working from home in Oakland County, MI
20.2% of workers in Oakland County usually work from home, about 131,716 of 651,199 people. That is 6.7 points above the Michigan average of 13.5%. It ranks 2 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
20.2%
Rank in MI
2 of 83
1 = highest share
Remote workers
131,716
Mean commute
25.8 min
Oakland County compared with Michigan and the US
| Metric | Oakland County | Michigan | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20.2% | 13.5% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 71.3% | 74.3% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.3% | 0.9% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 25.8 min | 24.2 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 19.3% | 12.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 21.3% | 14.8% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 651,199 | 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 alone71.3%
Worked from home20.2%
Public transit0.3%
Counties with a similar rank
- Washtenaw County22.6%
- Keweenaw County17.6%
- Ingham County17.3%
- Livingston County16.7%
- Clinton County16.3%
Largest counties in Michigan
- Wayne County14.1%
- Macomb County13.4%
- Kent County14.3%
- Washtenaw County22.6%
- Genesee County9.9%
- Ottawa County10.3%
- Ingham County17.3%
- Kalamazoo County12.5%