County profile ยท Florida
Working from home in Highlands County, FL
8.6% of workers in Highlands County usually work from home, about 3,074 of 35,779 people. That is 7.1 points below the Florida average of 15.7%. It ranks 43 of 67 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Florida remote work page.
Work from home
8.6%
Rank in FL
43 of 67
1 = highest share
Remote workers
3,074
Mean commute
23.8 min
Highlands County compared with Florida and the US
| Metric | Highlands County | Florida | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 8.6% | 15.7% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 75.2% | 70.2% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.2% | 1.2% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 23.8 min | 28.0 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 7.0% | 14.4% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 10.3% | 17.1% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 35,779 | 10,356,895 | 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 alone75.2%
Worked from home8.6%
Public transit0.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- Gulf County9.3%
- Gadsden County9.0%
- Baker County8.6%
- Franklin County8.6%
- Levy County8.5%
- Columbia County8.3%
- Suwannee County8.3%
- Hamilton County8.1%
Largest counties in Florida
- Miami-Dade County14.0%
- Broward County14.7%
- Hillsborough County20.7%
- Orange County17.7%
- Palm Beach County15.4%
- Duval County16.0%
- Pinellas County20.0%
- Lee County15.4%