County profile ยท Connecticut
Working from home in Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT
21.5% of workers in Western Connecticut Planning Region usually work from home, about 69,067 of 320,696 people. That is 5.5 points above the Connecticut average of 16.0%. It ranks 1 of 9 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Connecticut remote work page.
Work from home
21.5%
Rank in CT
1 of 9
1 = highest share
Remote workers
69,067
Mean commute
30.8 min
Western Connecticut Planning Region compared with Connecticut and the US
| Metric | Western Connecticut Planning Region | Connecticut | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21.5% | 16.0% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 59.3% | 68.8% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 7.0% | 3.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 30.8 min | 26.5 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 21.0% | 15.3% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 22.1% | 16.9% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 320,696 | 1,814,693 | 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 alone59.3%
Worked from home21.5%
Public transit7.0%
Counties with a similar rank
Largest counties in Connecticut
- Capitol Planning Region16.9%
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region14.3%
- Naugatuck Valley Planning Region12.7%
- Greater Bridgeport Planning Region15.1%
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region11.7%
- Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region16.8%
- Northwest Hills Planning Region15.2%
- Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region11.9%