County profile ยท Mississippi
Working from home in Newton County, MS
3.2% of workers in Newton County usually work from home, about 254 of 8,038 people. That is 2.7 points below the Mississippi average of 5.9%. It ranks 56 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
3.2%
Rank in MS
56 of 82
1 = highest share
Remote workers
254
Mean commute
27.9 min
Newton County compared with Mississippi and the US
| Metric | Newton County | Mississippi | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 3.2% | 5.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.7% | 81.8% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.1% | 0.3% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 27.9 min | 25.6 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 3.4% | 5.1% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 2.8% | 6.7% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 8,038 | 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 alone78.7%
Worked from home3.2%
Public transit0.1%
Counties with a similar rank
- Winston County3.5%
- Alcorn County3.3%
- Greene County3.3%
- Stone County3.3%
- Simpson County3.2%
- Jasper County3.0%
- Lincoln County3.0%
- Choctaw County2.9%
Largest counties in Mississippi
- DeSoto County8.2%
- Hinds County8.6%
- Harrison County7.1%
- Rankin County7.1%
- Jackson County7.2%
- Madison County9.6%
- Lee County5.4%
- Forrest County4.0%