County profile ยท Iowa
Working from home in Des Moines County, IA
4.2% of workers in Des Moines County usually work from home, about 770 of 18,273 people. That is 7.1 points below the Iowa average of 11.3%. It ranks 97 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
4.2%
Rank in IA
97 of 99
1 = highest share
Remote workers
770
Mean commute
18.0 min
Des Moines County compared with Iowa and the US
| Metric | Des Moines County | Iowa | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 4.2% | 11.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 82.8% | 76.0% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.9% | 0.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 18.0 min | 19.8 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 4.2% | 10.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 4.3% | 12.5% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 18,273 | 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 alone82.8%
Worked from home4.2%
Public transit0.9%
Counties with a similar rank
- Sac County4.7%
- Union County4.6%
- Webster County4.6%
- Lucas County4.3%
- Louisa County4.2%
- Taylor County3.0%
Largest counties in Iowa
- Polk County15.7%
- Linn County14.7%
- Scott County10.9%
- Johnson County13.7%
- Black Hawk County8.9%
- Dallas County20.2%
- Story County11.8%
- Woodbury County5.6%