County profile ยท Illinois
Working from home in Monroe County, IL
12.6% of workers in Monroe County usually work from home, about 2,364 of 18,740 people. That is 3.3 points below the Illinois average of 15.9%. It ranks 13 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
12.6%
Rank in IL
13 of 102
1 = highest share
Remote workers
2,364
Mean commute
28.3 min
Monroe County compared with Illinois and the US
| Metric | Monroe County | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 12.6% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 79.7% | 65.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 5.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 28.3 min | 27.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 10.2% | 14.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 15.2% | 17.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 18,740 | 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 alone79.7%
Worked from home12.6%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Will County14.7%
- Sangamon County13.7%
- Madison County12.7%
- Clinton County12.6%
- Jo Daviess County12.5%
- St. Clair County12.4%
- Effingham County11.8%
- Jersey County11.7%
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%