County profile ยท Illinois
Working from home in Shelby County, IL
6.5% of workers in Shelby County usually work from home, about 649 of 9,915 people. That is 9.4 points below the Illinois average of 15.9%. It ranks 70 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
6.5%
Rank in IL
70 of 102
1 = highest share
Remote workers
649
Mean commute
20.8 min
Shelby County compared with Illinois and the US
| Metric | Shelby County | Illinois | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.5% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 83.8% | 65.9% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.1% | 5.8% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 20.8 min | 27.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 6.0% | 14.7% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 7.1% | 17.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 9,915 | 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 alone83.8%
Worked from home6.5%
Public transit0.1%
Counties with a similar rank
- Wayne County7.0%
- McDonough County6.9%
- Carroll County6.8%
- Marshall County6.6%
- Richland County6.4%
- Union County6.2%
- Whiteside County6.1%
- Douglas County6.0%
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%