County profile ยท Rhode Island
Working from home in Kent County, RI
11.9% of workers in Kent County usually work from home, about 10,646 of 89,496 people. That is 1.1 points below the Rhode Island average of 13.0%. It ranks 5 of 5 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Rhode Island remote work page.
Work from home
11.9%
Rank in RI
5 of 5
1 = highest share
Remote workers
10,646
Mean commute
25.1 min
Kent County compared with Rhode Island and the US
| Metric | Kent County | Rhode Island | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11.9% | 13.0% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 78.2% | 72.4% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.8% | 1.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 25.1 min | 25.5 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 11.6% | 12.3% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 12.2% | 13.8% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 89,496 | 547,074 | 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 alone78.2%
Worked from home11.9%
Public transit0.8%
Counties with a similar rank
- Newport County15.7%
- Bristol County15.6%
- Washington County15.3%
- Providence County12.3%
Largest counties in Rhode Island
- Providence County12.3%
- Washington County15.3%
- Newport County15.7%
- Bristol County15.6%