County profile ยท Georgia
Working from home in DeKalb County, GA
22.6% of workers in DeKalb County usually work from home, about 85,127 of 377,442 people. That is 6.7 points above the Georgia average of 15.9%. It ranks 4 of 159 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Georgia remote work page.
Work from home
22.6%
Rank in GA
4 of 159
1 = highest share
Remote workers
85,127
Mean commute
30.4 min
DeKalb County compared with Georgia and the US
| Metric | DeKalb County | Georgia | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 22.6% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 61.4% | 70.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 3.7% | 1.1% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 30.4 min | 28.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 20.8% | 14.6% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 24.2% | 17.4% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 377,442 | 5,149,633 | 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 alone61.4%
Worked from home22.6%
Public transit3.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Forsyth County32.5%
- Fulton County29.1%
- Cobb County23.6%
- Cherokee County21.9%
- Fayette County18.5%
- Gwinnett County18.4%
- Oconee County17.0%
Largest counties in Georgia
- Fulton County29.1%
- Gwinnett County18.4%
- Cobb County23.6%
- Cherokee County21.9%
- Chatham County11.6%
- Clayton County10.6%
- Forsyth County32.5%
- Henry County15.6%