County profile ยท Massachusetts
Working from home in Barnstable County, MA
16.0% of workers in Barnstable County usually work from home, about 17,586 of 109,841 people. That is 2.6 points below the Massachusetts average of 18.6%. It ranks 8 of 14 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Massachusetts remote work page.
Work from home
16.0%
Rank in MA
8 of 14
1 = highest share
Remote workers
17,586
Mean commute
24.8 min
Barnstable County compared with Massachusetts and the US
| Metric | Barnstable County | Massachusetts | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 16.0% | 18.6% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 72.1% | 61.2% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 1.2% | 6.5% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 24.8 min | 29.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 15.3% | 18.0% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 16.8% | 19.3% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 109,841 | 3,629,298 | 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 alone72.1%
Worked from home16.0%
Public transit1.2%
Counties with a similar rank
- Suffolk County19.9%
- Hampshire County18.4%
- Essex County16.4%
- Plymouth County16.2%
- Worcester County15.6%
- Franklin County15.1%
- Berkshire County14.2%
- Nantucket County13.0%
Largest counties in Massachusetts
- Middlesex County24.7%
- Worcester County15.6%
- Suffolk County19.9%
- Essex County16.4%
- Norfolk County22.8%
- Bristol County11.1%
- Plymouth County16.2%
- Hampden County10.5%