County profile ยท Tennessee
Working from home in DeKalb County, TN
6.6% of workers in DeKalb County usually work from home, about 575 of 8,663 people. That is 6.3 points below the Tennessee average of 12.9%. It ranks 66 of 95 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Tennessee remote work page.
Work from home
6.6%
Rank in TN
66 of 95
1 = highest share
Remote workers
575
Mean commute
29.3 min
DeKalb County compared with Tennessee and the US
| Metric | DeKalb County | Tennessee | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.6% | 12.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 81.7% | 75.8% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.4% | 0.4% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 29.3 min | 25.7 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 5.1% | 11.4% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 8.5% | 14.5% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 8,663 | 3,314,309 | 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 alone81.7%
Worked from home6.6%
Public transit0.4%
Counties with a similar rank
- Jefferson County6.9%
- Sevier County6.9%
- Giles County6.8%
- Weakley County6.7%
- Lincoln County6.5%
- Morgan County6.5%
- Rhea County6.5%
- Lewis County6.4%
Largest counties in Tennessee
- Shelby County10.8%
- Davidson County20.3%
- Knox County14.4%
- Rutherford County15.0%
- Hamilton County14.3%
- Williamson County28.3%
- Montgomery County8.5%
- Sumner County16.2%