Who works from home in Los Angeles?

How many workers in Los Angeles, CA work from home, how much that changed since 2015, and how the local share compares with the county, the state and the United States.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B08301.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Working from home changed Los Angeles's workday.

Workers who work from home: 17.3% — About 328,779 workers · U.S.: 13.5%

Share working from home, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 5.7
• 2023: 17.3

Share working from home

• Los Angeles: 17.3
• Los Angeles County: 15.2
• CA: 15.5
• U.S.: 13.5

How workers get there (2023)

• Drove alone: 61.4
• Public transit: 6.7
• Worked from home: 17.3
• Other: 14.7

What it means

Remote work in Los Angeles is roughly 3.0× what it was in 2015 — 5.7% of workers then, 17.3% now.

That is far higher than the national figure — the national share is 13.5%.

ACS 5-year estimates average five years of responses, so the 2023 figure still carries some pre-pandemic years inside it.