County profile ยท Illinois
Working from home in Douglas County, IL
6.0% of workers in Douglas County usually work from home, about 573 of 9,600 people. That is 9.9 points below the Illinois average of 15.9%. It ranks 74 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
6.0%
Rank in IL
74 of 102
1 = highest share
Remote workers
573
Mean commute
20.4 min
Douglas County compared with Illinois and the US
| Metric | Douglas County | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.0% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 74.5% | 65.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 5.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 20.4 min | 27.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 6.3% | 14.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 5.5% | 17.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 9,600 | 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 alone74.5%
Worked from home6.0%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Shelby County6.5%
- Richland County6.4%
- Union County6.2%
- Whiteside County6.1%
- Pike County5.9%
- White County5.8%
- Cass County5.7%
- Knox County5.7%
Largest counties in Illinois
- Cook County18.9%
- DuPage County21.5%
- Lake County19.5%
- Will County14.7%
- Kane County15.9%
- McHenry County16.1%
- Madison County12.7%
- Winnebago County9.8%