County profile ยท Michigan
Working from home in Houghton County, MI
11.0% of workers in Houghton County usually work from home, about 1,849 of 16,749 people. That is 2.5 points below the Michigan average of 13.5%. It ranks 23 of 83 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Michigan remote work page.
Work from home
11.0%
Rank in MI
23 of 83
1 = highest share
Remote workers
1,849
Mean commute
15.6 min
Houghton County compared with Michigan and the US
| Metric | Houghton County | Michigan | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11.0% | 13.5% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 63.7% | 74.3% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 2.4% | 0.9% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 15.6 min | 24.2 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 10.8% | 12.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 11.4% | 14.8% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 16,749 | 4,639,810 | 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 alone63.7%
Worked from home11.0%
Public transit2.4%
Counties with a similar rank
- Iron County11.6%
- Berrien County11.2%
- Roscommon County11.2%
- Benzie County11.1%
- Mason County11.0%
- Alcona County10.9%
- Clare County10.9%
- Manistee County10.8%
Largest counties in Michigan
- Wayne County14.1%
- Oakland County20.2%
- Macomb County13.4%
- Kent County14.3%
- Washtenaw County22.6%
- Genesee County9.9%
- Ottawa County10.3%
- Ingham County17.3%