County profile ยท Washington
Working from home in Whatcom County, WA
14.8% of workers in Whatcom County usually work from home, about 16,755 of 113,527 people. That is 5.0 points below the Washington average of 19.8%. It ranks 15 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
14.8%
Rank in WA
15 of 39
1 = highest share
Remote workers
16,755
Mean commute
21.6 min
Whatcom County compared with Washington and the US
| Metric | Whatcom County | Washington | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 14.8% | 19.8% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 69.2% | 63.4% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.8% | 3.4% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 21.6 min | 26.6 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 13.4% | 18.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 16.2% | 21.6% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 113,527 | 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 alone69.2%
Worked from home14.8%
Public transit1.8%
Counties with a similar rank
- Okanogan County16.2%
- Wahkiakum County16.2%
- Kitsap County16.0%
- Spokane County15.5%
- Mason County14.5%
- Ferry County14.4%
- Island County14.1%
- Pierce County13.9%
Largest counties in Washington
- King County29.2%
- Pierce County13.9%
- Snohomish County20.0%
- Spokane County15.5%
- Clark County19.1%
- Thurston County20.5%
- Kitsap County16.0%
- Yakima County7.3%