Guessing how many people actually work from home may be a lot of fun and could give rise to some vigorous disputes. A just-released report from the Census Bureau on commuting in the U.S. may give contestants some hard data to work with.
The data is from the 2022 American Community Survey (ACS), and while it does not reflect the determined efforts by employers in recent months to force employees to return to the office, it could be closer to the true numbers than unofficial estimates.
The ACS shows that in 2022, almost 140 million people in the U.S. routinely commuted to work, and more than 20 million worked from home. That translates into 15.2% of the workforce working from home – 2.7% fewer than did so in 2021. In 2019, before the pandemic, only 5.7% enjoyed that luxury.
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