County profile ยท Illinois
Working from home in Cook County, IL
18.9% of workers in Cook County usually work from home, about 480,070 of 2,539,962 people. That is 3.0 points above the Illinois average of 15.9%. It ranks 4 of 102 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Illinois remote work page.
Work from home
18.9%
Rank in IL
4 of 102
1 = highest share
Remote workers
480,070
Mean commute
31.5 min
Cook County compared with Illinois and the US
| Metric | Cook County | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18.9% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 54.8% | 65.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 11.8% | 5.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 31.5 min | 27.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 17.5% | 14.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 20.4% | 17.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 2,539,962 | 6,152,715 | 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 alone54.8%
Worked from home18.9%
Public transit11.8%
Counties with a similar rank
- DuPage County21.5%
- Calhoun County20.1%
- Lake County19.5%
- McLean County17.5%
- McHenry County16.1%
- Kane County15.9%
- Champaign County15.5%
Largest counties in Illinois
- DuPage County21.5%
- Lake County19.5%
- Will County14.7%
- Kane County15.9%
- McHenry County16.1%
- Madison County12.7%
- Winnebago County9.8%
- St. Clair County12.4%