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Working from home in Yakima County, WA
7.3% of workers in Yakima County usually work from home, about 7,831 of 106,921 people. That is 12.5 points below the Washington average of 19.8%. It ranks 38 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
7.3%
Rank in WA
38 of 39
1 = highest share
Remote workers
7,831
Mean commute
20.3 min
Yakima County compared with Washington and the US
| Metric | Yakima County | Washington | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.3% | 19.8% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.8% | 63.4% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.3% | 3.4% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 20.3 min | 26.6 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 5.8% | 18.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 9.1% | 21.6% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 106,921 | 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 alone78.8%
Worked from home7.3%
Public transit0.3%
Counties with a similar rank
- Chelan County9.6%
- Douglas County8.5%
- Cowlitz County8.2%
- Franklin County8.1%
- Adams County6.0%
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%
- Whatcom County14.8%