County profile ยท Maryland
Working from home in Howard County, MD
26.0% of workers in Howard County usually work from home, about 45,574 of 175,433 people. That is 6.7 points above the Maryland average of 19.3%. It ranks 2 of 24 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Maryland remote work page.
Work from home
26.0%
Rank in MD
2 of 24
1 = highest share
Remote workers
45,574
Mean commute
28.5 min
Howard County compared with Maryland and the US
| Metric | Howard County | Maryland | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26.0% | 19.3% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 64.9% | 64.7% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.5% | 4.2% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 28.5 min | 31.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 24.1% | 17.5% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 28.0% | 21.2% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 175,433 | 3,127,685 | 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 alone64.9%
Worked from home26.0%
Public transit1.5%
Counties with a similar rank
- Montgomery County28.3%
- Frederick County21.2%
- Anne Arundel County18.5%
- Calvert County18.5%
- Prince George's County17.9%
Largest counties in Maryland
- Montgomery County28.3%
- Prince George's County17.9%
- Baltimore County16.5%
- Anne Arundel County18.5%
- Baltimore city17.8%
- Frederick County21.2%
- Harford County14.9%
- Carroll County17.3%