County profile ยท Massachusetts
Working from home in Suffolk County, MA
19.9% of workers in Suffolk County usually work from home, about 85,075 of 428,123 people. That is 1.3 points above the Massachusetts average of 18.6%. It ranks 4 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
19.9%
Rank in MA
4 of 14
1 = highest share
Remote workers
85,075
Mean commute
30.9 min
Suffolk County compared with Massachusetts and the US
| Metric | Suffolk County | Massachusetts | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19.9% | 18.6% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 35.4% | 61.2% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 22.4% | 6.5% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 30.9 min | 29.1 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 19.3% | 18.0% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 20.4% | 19.3% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 428,123 | 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 alone35.4%
Worked from home19.9%
Public transit22.4%
Counties with a similar rank
- Middlesex County24.7%
- Norfolk County22.8%
- Dukes County21.6%
- Hampshire County18.4%
- Essex County16.4%
- Plymouth County16.2%
- Barnstable County16.0%
Largest counties in Massachusetts
- Middlesex County24.7%
- Worcester County15.6%
- Essex County16.4%
- Norfolk County22.8%
- Bristol County11.1%
- Plymouth County16.2%
- Hampden County10.5%
- Barnstable County16.0%