County profile ยท Illinois
Working from home in Effingham County, IL
11.8% of workers in Effingham County usually work from home, about 2,036 of 17,306 people. That is 4.1 points below the Illinois average of 15.9%. It ranks 17 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
11.8%
Rank in IL
17 of 102
1 = highest share
Remote workers
2,036
Mean commute
18.1 min
Effingham County compared with Illinois and the US
| Metric | Effingham County | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11.8% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 79.5% | 65.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.2% | 5.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 18.1 min | 27.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 11.5% | 14.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 12.0% | 17.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 17,306 | 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 alone79.5%
Worked from home11.8%
Public transit0.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- Clinton County12.6%
- Monroe County12.6%
- Jo Daviess County12.5%
- St. Clair County12.4%
- Jersey County11.7%
- Woodford County11.5%
- Peoria County11.4%
- Menard County11.0%
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%