County profile ยท Oregon
Working from home in Polk County, OR
17.5% of workers in Polk County usually work from home, about 7,024 of 40,237 people. That is 1.5 points below the Oregon average of 19.0%. It ranks 9 of 36 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Oregon remote work page.
Work from home
17.5%
Rank in OR
9 of 36
1 = highest share
Remote workers
7,024
Mean commute
25.3 min
Polk County compared with Oregon and the US
| Metric | Polk County | Oregon | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17.5% | 19.0% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 66.9% | 64.5% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.4% | 2.2% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 25.3 min | 23.0 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 16.4% | 17.3% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 18.6% | 20.8% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 40,237 | 2,025,499 | 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 alone66.9%
Worked from home17.5%
Public transit0.4%
Counties with a similar rank
- Benton County20.3%
- Hood River County20.3%
- Wheeler County19.9%
- Tillamook County19.3%
- Wallowa County16.8%
- Curry County16.5%
- Lane County15.5%
- Lincoln County14.1%
Largest counties in Oregon
- Multnomah County26.1%
- Washington County24.4%
- Clackamas County20.9%
- Lane County15.5%
- Marion County12.7%
- Deschutes County22.6%
- Jackson County12.9%
- Linn County11.1%