County profile ยท Alabama
Working from home in Shelby County, AL
16.9% of workers in Shelby County usually work from home, about 19,849 of 117,267 people. That is 8.1 points above the Alabama average of 8.8%. It ranks 1 of 67 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Alabama remote work page.
Work from home
16.9%
Rank in AL
1 of 67
1 = highest share
Remote workers
19,849
Mean commute
29.5 min
Shelby County compared with Alabama and the US
| Metric | Shelby County | Alabama | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16.9% | 8.8% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 74.8% | 80.6% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 0.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 29.5 min | 25.5 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 15.7% | 7.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 18.3% | 10.1% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 117,267 | 2,229,079 | 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 alone74.8%
Worked from home16.9%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Madison County15.1%
- St. Clair County11.7%
- Baldwin County11.6%
- Jefferson County11.1%
Largest counties in Alabama
- Jefferson County11.1%
- Madison County15.1%
- Mobile County8.3%
- Baldwin County11.6%
- Tuscaloosa County7.4%
- Montgomery County8.0%
- Lee County9.5%
- Morgan County7.2%