County profile ยท Pennsylvania
Working from home in Philadelphia County, PA
18.4% of workers in Philadelphia County usually work from home, about 133,569 of 726,419 people. That is 2.8 points above the Pennsylvania average of 15.6%. It ranks 5 of 67 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Pennsylvania remote work page.
Work from home
18.4%
Rank in PA
5 of 67
1 = highest share
Remote workers
133,569
Mean commute
31.7 min
Philadelphia County compared with Pennsylvania and the US
| Metric | Philadelphia County | Pennsylvania | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 18.4% | 15.6% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 46.0% | 68.2% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 16.7% | 3.6% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 31.7 min | 26.3 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 16.9% | 14.2% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 19.8% | 17.1% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 726,419 | 6,210,797 | 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 alone46.0%
Worked from home18.4%
Public transit16.7%
Counties with a similar rank
- Chester County24.1%
- Montgomery County23.3%
- Allegheny County21.1%
- Bucks County19.6%
- Delaware County18.0%
- Cumberland County17.7%
- Butler County16.8%
- Dauphin County16.8%
Largest counties in Pennsylvania
- Allegheny County21.1%
- Montgomery County23.3%
- Bucks County19.6%
- Chester County24.1%
- Delaware County18.0%
- Lancaster County11.6%
- York County12.4%
- Berks County11.9%