County profile ยท Illinois
Working from home in Kankakee County, IL
8.1% of workers in Kankakee County usually work from home, about 3,956 of 48,970 people. That is 7.8 points below the Illinois average of 15.9%. It ranks 50 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
8.1%
Rank in IL
50 of 102
1 = highest share
Remote workers
3,956
Mean commute
24.9 min
Kankakee County compared with Illinois and the US
| Metric | Kankakee County | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 8.1% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.3% | 65.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.0% | 5.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 24.9 min | 27.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 5.9% | 14.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 10.3% | 17.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 48,970 | 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 alone78.3%
Worked from home8.1%
Public transit1.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Macon County8.3%
- Bond County8.2%
- Jasper County8.2%
- Mason County8.2%
- Ogle County8.0%
- Stark County8.0%
- Adams County7.6%
- Iroquois County7.6%
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%