by Erin Doherty
September 15, 2022
Introduction:
Read more here: https://www.axios.com/2022/09/15/censu ... mic-labor(Axios) The number of people primarily working from home tripled between 2019 and 2021, per survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Why it matters: The new figures provide a fresh look into how the pandemic upended how Americans work, play and live.
By the numbers: 17.9% of people primarily worked from home in 2021, compared with 5.7% in 2019, per the survey results.
• Nearly half, 48.3%, of workers in Washington, D.C., worked from home in 2021, the highest percentage of remote workers in the country, per the Census Bureau.
• The states with the highest percentage of residents working from home were Washington, Maryland and Colorado, all around 24%.
• The average commuting time by private vehicle in 2021 was on average two minutes shorter than in 2019, per the data.
The linked Axios article also features an interesting interactive map.