County profile ยท Iowa
Working from home in Black Hawk County, IA
8.9% of workers in Black Hawk County usually work from home, about 5,833 of 65,820 people. That is 2.4 points below the Iowa average of 11.3%. It ranks 49 of 99 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Iowa remote work page.
Work from home
8.9%
Rank in IA
49 of 99
1 = highest share
Remote workers
5,833
Mean commute
15.9 min
Black Hawk County compared with Iowa and the US
| Metric | Black Hawk County | Iowa | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 8.9% | 11.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.4% | 76.0% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.2% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 15.9 min | 19.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 7.2% | 10.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 10.7% | 12.5% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 65,820 | 1,611,395 | 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 alone78.4%
Worked from home8.9%
Public transit0.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- Keokuk County9.5%
- Delaware County9.2%
- Plymouth County9.2%
- Monroe County9.0%
- Clarke County8.9%
- Tama County8.7%
- Cherokee County8.6%
- Appanoose County8.5%
Largest counties in Iowa
- Polk County15.7%
- Linn County14.7%
- Scott County10.9%
- Johnson County13.7%
- Dallas County20.2%
- Story County11.8%
- Woodbury County5.6%
- Dubuque County12.0%