County profile ยท Delaware
Working from home in New Castle County, DE
17.6% of workers in New Castle County usually work from home, about 50,493 of 287,629 people. That is 2.6 points above the Delaware average of 15.0%. It ranks 1 of 3 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Delaware remote work page.
Work from home
17.6%
Rank in DE
1 of 3
1 = highest share
Remote workers
50,493
Mean commute
25.3 min
New Castle County compared with Delaware and the US
| Metric | New Castle County | Delaware | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17.6% | 15.0% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 68.6% | 71.7% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 2.6% | 1.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 25.3 min | 26.0 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 15.9% | 13.8% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 19.3% | 16.4% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 287,629 | 481,641 | 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 alone68.6%
Worked from home17.6%
Public transit2.6%
Counties with a similar rank
- Sussex County13.4%
- Kent County8.7%
Largest counties in Delaware
- Sussex County13.4%
- Kent County8.7%