County profile ยท Rhode Island
Working from home in Newport County, RI
15.7% of workers in Newport County usually work from home, about 6,748 of 43,051 people. That is 2.7 points above the Rhode Island average of 13.0%. It ranks 1 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
15.7%
Rank in RI
1 of 5
1 = highest share
Remote workers
6,748
Mean commute
22.8 min
Newport County compared with Rhode Island and the US
| Metric | Newport County | Rhode Island | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 15.7% | 13.0% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 69.8% | 72.4% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.9% | 1.7% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 22.8 min | 25.5 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 15.0% | 12.3% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 16.5% | 13.8% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 43,051 | 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 alone69.8%
Worked from home15.7%
Public transit0.9%
Counties with a similar rank
- Bristol County15.6%
- Washington County15.3%
- Providence County12.3%
- Kent County11.9%
Largest counties in Rhode Island
- Providence County12.3%
- Kent County11.9%
- Washington County15.3%
- Bristol County15.6%