County profile ยท Washington
Working from home in King County, WA
29.2% of workers in King County usually work from home, about 358,401 of 1,228,860 people. That is 9.4 points above the Washington average of 19.8%. It ranks 1 of 39 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Washington remote work page.
Work from home
29.2%
Rank in WA
1 of 39
1 = highest share
Remote workers
358,401
Mean commute
27.6 min
King County compared with Washington and the US
| Metric | King County | Washington | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 29.2% | 19.8% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 50.4% | 63.4% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 6.8% | 3.4% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 27.6 min | 26.6 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 28.6% | 18.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 29.8% | 21.6% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 1,228,860 | 3,787,614 | 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 alone50.4%
Worked from home29.2%
Public transit6.8%
Counties with a similar rank
- Jefferson County23.7%
- San Juan County22.7%
- Thurston County20.5%
- Snohomish County20.0%
Largest counties in Washington
- Pierce County13.9%
- Snohomish County20.0%
- Spokane County15.5%
- Clark County19.1%
- Thurston County20.5%
- Kitsap County16.0%
- Whatcom County14.8%
- Yakima County7.3%