RANKING · 2020 CENSUS · 99 SHOWN OF 99

Most remote workers, Iowa counties · 2020

Iowa counties with the most workers 16 and over who worked from home, as of the 2020 American Community Survey. Ranked by number of workers, not the remote-work share. This list covers the 99 counties in Iowa that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 99 is 494.

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01Polk County, IAIA516,54617,192–

02Linn County, IAIA232,0287,805–

03Johnson County, IAIA160,0445,348–

04Scott County, IAIA175,2594,539–

05Dallas County, IAIA118,4574,392–

06Black Hawk County, IAIA131,5323,822–

07Story County, IAIA101,2913,613–

08Dubuque County, IAIA99,3813,168–

09Sioux County, IAIA36,7742,210–

10Pottawattamie County, IAIA92,9962,197–

11Woodbury County, IAIA106,6491,973–

12Warren County, IAIA57,3311,953–

13Winneshiek County, IAIA19,7331,142–

14Cerro Gordo County, IAIA42,3721,124–

15Clinton County, IAIA46,0021,089–

16Bremer County, IAIA25,2961,055–

17Jasper County, IAIA38,1531,018–

18Marion County, IAIA34,1921,014–

19Jefferson County, IAIA15,2911,012–

20Jones County, IAIA21,253999–

21Plymouth County, IAIA25,697998–

22Madison County, IAIA17,270940–

23Muscatine County, IAIA41,853882–

24Benton County, IAIA26,004871–

25Marshall County, IAIA39,890870–

26Lee County, IAIA32,306806–

27Washington County, IAIA22,667799–

28Cedar County, IAIA18,359776–

29Delaware County, IAIA17,674746–

30Clayton County, IAIA16,845729–

31Buchanan County, IAIA20,883711–

32Fayette County, IAIA19,047654–

33Webster County, IAIA36,838646–

34Jackson County, IAIA19,288640–

35Mahaska County, IAIA21,880636–

36Dickinson County, IAIA18,077631–

37Boone County, IAIA26,799624–

38Carroll County, IAIA20,303607–

39Des Moines County, IAIA38,077587–

40Grundy County, IAIA12,361582–

41Floyd County, IAIA14,901545–

42Buena Vista County, IAIA20,449540–

43Shelby County, IAIA11,689534–

44Lyon County, IAIA12,354520–

45Clay County, IAIA16,202516–

46Kossuth County, IAIA14,322514–

47Hamilton County, IAIA14,944507–

48Hardin County, IAIA16,455507–

49Tama County, IAIA16,796496–

50Cherokee County, IAIA11,369494–

51Mills County, IAIA14,793484–

52Mitchell County, IAIA10,650479–

53Wapello County, IAIA35,210478–

54Emmet County, IAIA9,107476–

55Allamakee County, IAIA14,238469–

56Hancock County, IAIA10,528449–

57Iowa County, IAIA16,504447–

58Howard County, IAIA9,415438–

59Crawford County, IAIA16,237436–

60Harrison County, IAIA14,623431–

61Monona County, IAIA8,539407–

62Cass County, IAIA12,960406–

63Wright County, IAIA12,801404–

64Poweshiek County, IAIA18,368394–

65Henry County, IAIA19,349382–

66Butler County, IAIA14,049365–

67Van Buren County, IAIA7,131352–

68Davis County, IAIA9,230351–

69O'Brien County, IAIA14,220350–

70Humboldt County, IAIA9,409326–

71Chickasaw County, IAIA11,663323–

72Ida County, IAIA6,777321–

73Guthrie County, IAIA10,782309–

74Page County, IAIA14,856305–

75Worth County, IAIA7,338289–

76Sac County, IAIA9,525287–

77Decatur County, IAIA7,655286–

78Keokuk County, IAIA9,797281–

79Monroe County, IAIA7,406274–

80Calhoun County, IAIA9,562273–

81Franklin County, IAIA9,868264–

82Winnebago County, IAIA10,251251–

83Audubon County, IAIA5,509226–

84Montgomery County, IAIA10,002223–

85Louisa County, IAIA10,416221–

86Pocahontas County, IAIA6,819217–

87Greene County, IAIA8,658214–

88Union County, IAIA11,829208–

89Appanoose County, IAIA12,077196–

90Osceola County, IAIA5,980183–

91Clarke County, IAIA9,574182–

92Palo Alto County, IAIA8,899179–

93Fremont County, IAIA6,522166–

94Adair County, IAIA7,403165–

95Lucas County, IAIA8,847146–

96Ringgold County, IAIA4,642146–

97Taylor County, IAIA5,835141–

98Wayne County, IAIA6,738136–

99Adams County, IAIA3,617131–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU DECENNIAL CENSUS