County profile ยท Mississippi
Working from home in DeSoto County, MS
8.2% of workers in DeSoto County usually work from home, about 7,833 of 95,491 people. That is 2.3 points above the Mississippi average of 5.9%. It ranks 6 of 82 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Mississippi remote work page.
Work from home
8.2%
Rank in MS
6 of 82
1 = highest share
Remote workers
7,833
Mean commute
26.2 min
DeSoto County compared with Mississippi and the US
| Metric | DeSoto County | Mississippi | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 8.2% | 5.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 81.4% | 81.8% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.0% | 0.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 26.2 min | 25.6 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 6.0% | 5.1% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 10.5% | 6.7% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 95,491 | 1,243,121 | 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 alone81.4%
Worked from home8.2%
Public transit0.0%
Counties with a similar rank
- Madison County9.6%
- Pearl River County8.8%
- Hinds County8.6%
- Lafayette County8.6%
- Coahoma County8.0%
- Yalobusha County7.9%
- Carroll County7.5%
- Oktibbeha County7.4%
Largest counties in Mississippi
- Hinds County8.6%
- Harrison County7.1%
- Rankin County7.1%
- Jackson County7.2%
- Madison County9.6%
- Lee County5.4%
- Forrest County4.0%
- Lamar County5.4%