County profile ยท Illinois
Working from home in Lee County, IL
5.5% of workers in Lee County usually work from home, about 811 of 14,699 people. That is 10.4 points below the Illinois average of 15.9%. It ranks 79 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
5.5%
Rank in IL
79 of 102
1 = highest share
Remote workers
811
Mean commute
24.6 min
Lee County compared with Illinois and the US
| Metric | Lee County | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.5% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 82.0% | 65.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.6% | 5.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 24.6 min | 27.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 4.1% | 14.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 7.2% | 17.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 14,699 | 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 alone82.0%
Worked from home5.5%
Public transit0.6%
Counties with a similar rank
- Pike County5.9%
- White County5.8%
- Cass County5.7%
- Knox County5.7%
- Bureau County5.4%
- Jefferson County5.4%
- Schuyler County5.4%
- Massac County5.3%
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%